GULF OF GUINEA (April 2, 2014) - Civil service mariners aboard joint, high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) look through binoculars at a suspected illegal fishing vessel as part of a combined maritime law enforcement operation under the African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) program. AMLEP, the operational phase of Africa Partnership Station (APS), brings together Navy, Coastguard, and respective Africa partner maritime forces to actively patrol that partner's territorial waters and economic exclusion zone with the goal of intercepting

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