Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcus Loen briefs representatives from Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti, Netherlands and the U.S. during the pre-sail conference of Exercise Cutlass Express 2013 at the Port of Djibouti.

DJIBOUTI (Nov. 11, 2013) Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcus Loen briefs representatives from Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti, Netherlands and the U.S. during the pre-sail conference of Exercise Cutlass Express 2013 at the Port of Djibouti. Cutlass Express is a multinational maritime exercise in the waters off East Africa designed to improve cooperation, tactical expertise and information sharing practices among East Africa maritime forces to increase maritime safety and security in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Warren) File# 131111-F-NJ596-021