USCGC Mohawk in Sierra Leone

Captains,

Maritime security and environmental protection is necessary all over the world. African countries, like Sierra Leone, have been learning how to enforce maritime laws with a little assistance from the US Coast Guard.

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U.S. Coast Guard, Sierra Leone Law Enforcement Complete Joint-Maritime Exercise

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913), in partnership with a Sierra Leone Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), completed their African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) operations August 7, 2010.

AMLEP is designed to build partner nation maritime security capacity and improve management of the maritime environment through combined law enforcement operations.

During this most recent phase of operations, AMLEP supported a seven-man Sierra Leone LEDET including four naval officers, two police officers and a civilian fisheries officer attached to the police.