Keywords: US Navy 070702-N-0989H-016 Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Ernest Ramos, U.S. Coast Guard International Training Division, assists Dominican Republic soldiers with plotting courses on charts during coxswain subject matter exchanges.jpg en SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic July 2 2007 - Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Ernest Ramos U S Coast Guard International Training Division assists Dominican Republic soldiers with plotting courses on charts during coxswain subject matter exchanges Task Group 40 9 is deployed as part of the pilot Global Fleet Station GFS to the Caribbean basin and Central America The mission is designed to validate the GFS concept for the Navy and support U S Southern Command objectives for its area of responsibility by enhancing cooperative partnerships with regional maritime services and improving operational readiness for the participating partner nations U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Hoffman RELEASED 2007-07-02 070702-N-0989H-016 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 47839 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Hoffman PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Santo Domingo Dominican Republic |