Keywords: US Navy 040117-N-0401E-004 A U.S. Marine Corps Nuclear, Biological and Chemical assessment team assigned to Battalion Landing Team One One, conduct tests on a crate to determine its contents aboard the Military Sealift Command.jpg en Arabian Sea Jan 17 2003 A U S Marine Corps Nuclear Biological and Chemical assessment team assigned to Battalion Landing Team One One conduct tests on a crate to determine its contents aboard the Military Sealift Command MSC combat stores ship USNS Saturn T-AFS 10 during Exercise Sea Saber 2004 Sponsored by Commander U S Naval Forces Central Command/ Commander 5th Fleet Sea Saber was the fifth in a series of multi-national exercises based on the Proliferation Security Initiative PSI announced by President George Bush in May of 2003 in Krakow Poland Sea Saber was the first PSI exercise led by the United States and the first to be conducted in the Arabian Sea a key region of proliferation concern It involved the largest number of nations to participate in any PSI exercise to date The exercise focused on one contingency the interdiction of a maritime shipment on the high seas Participants practiced intercepting boarding and searching vessels thought to be illegally trafficking weapons of mass destruction or related materials U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Wes Eplen RELEASED 2003-01-17 040117-N-0401E-004 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 11515 U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Wes Eplen PD-USGov-Military-Navy USNS Saturn T-AFS-10 Hazmat suits Sea Saber 2004 |