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Visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) is the term for maritime boarding actions and tactics, designed to capture enemy vessels, to combat terrorism, piracy and smuggling, and to conduct customs, safety and other inspections, as employed by modern navies, marine and maritime services, military and police forces.

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GULF OF ADEN (Jan. 23, 2009) Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) ride through a wave while conducting a training exercise with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland (F 79). Mahan is part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, a multinational task force conducting counter-piracy operations in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Seat. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John K. Hamilton/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 26, 2009) A member of the visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22 MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) stands as lookout while other team members search detainees during a non-compliant merchant vessel drill aboard Fort McHenry. Fort McHenry is on a scheduled deployment with the Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kristopher Wilson/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2007) - A member of Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, Det. 15, is suspended above the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) during a search and seizure exercise. Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team fast-roped from an HH-60H Seahawk onto the shipÕs flight deck during the evolution. Fitzgerald, part of Destroyer Squadron 15, is underway on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio (RELEASED)

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (March 26, 2008) A Sailor assigned to the visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), makes his way to the flight deck during a boarding drill aboard the decommissioned amphibious transport dock ship USS Duluth (LPD 6). The drill tests weapons handling techniques, tactical team movement, clearing rooms and passageways, tactical communications, intelligence gathering and combat first aid. U.S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist David Rush (Released)

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INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 4, 2009) Members of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) visit, board, search and seizure team and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91104 approach a fishing vessel near Anzio during a maritime security operation. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Matthew Bash/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (Oct. 14, 2009) The sun sets behind the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and a rigid hull inflatable boat as they wait for the completion of a boarding by Anzio's visit, board, search and seizure team and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team (91104) in the Gulf of Aden. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Matthew Bash/Released)

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CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 2, 2007) - A visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team attached to guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) embarks aboard Columbian frigate ARC Antioquia (FM 53) as part of VBSS training during PANAMAX 2007. Civil and military forces from 19 countries are participating in PANAMAX 2007, a U.S. Southern Command joint and multi-national training exercise co-sponsored with the government of Panama, in the waters off the coasts of Panama and Honduras. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Todd Frantom (RELEASED)

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GULF OF ADEN (Jan. 23, 2009) Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) ride through a wave while conducting a training exercise with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland (F 79). Mahan is part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, a multinational task force conducting counter-piracy operations in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Seat. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John K. Hamilton/Released)