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Fire Controlman 1st Class Michael Davidson, assigned to USS Cowpens (CG 63), speaks with a member of a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) Team from the Indian Navy Delhi-class destroyer INS Mysore (D 62).  

041006-N-7923C-473 Indian Ocean (Oct. 6, 2004) - Fire Controlman 1st Class Michael Davidson, assigned to the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63), speaks with a member of a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) Team from the Indian Navy Delhi-class guided missile destroyer INS Mysore (D 60), during a VBSS training drill. U.S. Navy Sailors trained with the Indian Navy VBSS members on procedures for boarding, searching, and handling suspect vessels. Both ships are taking part in Malabar 04. Malabar is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea exercise will include maritime interdiction, surface events, sub-surface, air events and personnel exchanges. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Rick Chernitzer (RELEASED)

 

 



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Quartermaster Seaman Joseph Lawson, from Denver, Colo., uses a chart plotter to help safely navigate the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63).  

 

041007-N-3503M-002 Indian Ocean (Oct. 7, 2004) - Quartermaster Seaman Joseph Lawson, from Denver, Colo., uses a chart plotter to help safely navigate the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) during a “war at sea” scenario between the U.S. and Indian navies during Malabar 04 off the coast of Goa, India. Malabar is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea exercise includes maritime interdiction, surface events, sub-surface, air events and personnel exchanges. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Joshua Millage (RELEASED)

 



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Chief Ship's Serviceman Robert Humphries of Pocatello, Idaho, fires a .50 caliber machine gun.  

041008-N-3503M-005 Indian Ocean (Oct. 8, 2004) - Chief Ship's Serviceman Robert Humphries of Pocatello, Idaho, fires a .50 caliber machine gun at the "killer tomato," a floating training target, from the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) during Malabar 04. Malabar, a bilateral exercise with the Indian Navy, is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Millage (RELEASED)

 



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041006-N-7923C-434 Indian Ocean (Oct. 6, 2004) - Members of a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) Team from the Indian Navy Delhi-class guided missile destroyer INS Mysore (D 60), board the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) off the coast of India during a VBSS training drill. U.S. Navy Sailors trained with the Indian Navy VBSS members on procedures for boarding, searching, and handling suspect vessels. Both ships are taking part in Malabar 04. Malabar is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea exercise training will include maritime interdiction, surface events, sub-surface, air events and personnel exchanges. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Rick Chernitzer (RELEASED)

 

 



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Sailors from the Indian Navy destroyer INS Mysore (D 60), prepare to embark the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) during a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) exercise.  

 

041006-N-3503M-001 Indian Coast (Oct. 6, 2004) - Sailors from the Indian Navy destroyer INS Mysore (D 60), prepare to embark the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) during a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) exercise off the coast of India. U.S. Navy Sailors went over procedures for boarding, searching, and handling suspect vessels during the training, which is part of the exercise Malabar 04. Malabar is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea exercise includes maritime interdiction, surface events, sub-surface, air events and personnel exchanges. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Millage (RELEASED)

 



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1 posted on 10/14/2004 6:54:05 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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2 posted on 10/14/2004 6:55:10 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ('Til further notice (pray for our liberators and allies, onward to victory), simply: *ping*.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl

I used to eat Malabars all the time...the little crunchy things mixed in with the caramel was awesome.


3 posted on 10/14/2004 6:55:50 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Used to love these multi-lingual excercises. We did an ops with the Spanish Navy one time, and I was on the midwatch side of port and starboard watch rotation in CIC. The excercise commander didn't schedule stuff for night so the midwatch was really dead. Just cruising around at 15 knots in formation, and no div tacts. So one of the Spanish destroyers must have gotten bored, so they keep calling us every 5 minutes for a radio check. "Iron Warrior this is xxxx, radio check, over". So the lead PO would respond back, "xxxx this is Iron Warrior hear you 5x5 over" and this went on over and over.
Finally Crazy Al, the lead PO had enough. Next time xxxx called, he responded "xxxx This is Iron Warrior, hear you 5x5 with loud accent over"
End of radio checks for the night :)
4 posted on 10/14/2004 7:03:14 PM PDT by ProudVet77 (W stands for Winner)
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