Photo Of The Day, today we go to Mindelo, Cape Verde, as members of the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment Pacific train together with their Portuguese and Spanish colleagues.

Above and below you can see Steyr AUG rifles used during a boarding practice

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Cape Verdean coast guard patrol craft Badejo (P 263), maneuvers around the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) during a subject matter expert exchange in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, Aug. 9, 2019. Carson City is deployed to the Gulf of Guinea to demonstrate progress through partnerships and U.S. commitment to West African countries through small boat maintenance assistance, maritime law enforcement engagement, and medical and community relations outreach.

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Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment Pacific and their Portuguese counterparts, embarked aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7), exchange tactical casualty combat care techniques with the Cabo Verde coast guard aboard the Damen Stan Patrol 5009-class vessel Guardiao (P 511), in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, Aug. 9, 2019. Carson City is deployed to the Gulf of Guinea to demonstrate progress through partnerships and U.S. commitment to West African countries through small boat maintenance assistance, maritime law enforcement engagement, and medical and community relations outreach.

Below: Steyr AUG and blue guns.

All the pictures are taken by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sara Eshleman.