Sea Sisters started in summer season 2023 when servicewomen from a earlier MSRON unit at Camp Lemonnier performed a maritime personnel restoration train with Djibouti Coast Guard servicewomen for the primary time.
The Sea Sisters train is the results of 10 years of MSRON partnership with Djiboutian maritime forces.
“This was my first time taking part in Sea Sisters,” stated Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Cheyenne Monroe. “I loved seeing everybody working collectively, creating partnerships with the Djiboutian Coast Guard servicewomen and having experiences that we’ll all carry with us all through our careers.”
Sea Sisters happens throughout the preparation for Train Bull Shark, a bigger personnel restoration train that includes maritime forces from america, Djibouti, Spain and France. MSRON models work with the Djiboutian Navy and Coast Guard annually to arrange for the regional train, training maritime abilities, signaling, superior navigation and casualty take care of months forward of the train. Train Bull Shark is about to happen Could 5-6, 2024.
Sea Sisters started on April 29 when Djibouti Coast Guard servicewomen visited Camp Lemonnier’s state-of-the-art digital vary to coach on weapons familiarization, navigation and medical intervention.
On April 30, Joint Personnel Restoration Heart Airmen taught maritime survival abilities and Camp Lemonnier safety forces personnel from the Pennsylvania Nationwide Guard’s Activity Pressure Paxton taught casualty care methods throughout a information change at Camp Doraleh, the Djibouti Coast Guard base.
The subsequent day, coaching commenced on the port of Djibouti. Three groups of U.S. and Djiboutian servicewomen practiced maritime search and rescue situations on three MSRON 10 vessels the place they simulated man overboard drills and medical intervention.
“It was a tremendous expertise,” stated Djibouti Coast Guard 2nd Lt. Fatouma Ali Ahmed, the primary feminine marine pilot within the port of Djibouti. “The exchanging of experience between us and the U.S. servicewomen throughout this train is essential to us. We discovered about their navigation techniques, man overboard procedures and first support medical abilities.”
Following the maritime train, Camp Lemonnier Commanding Officer, U.S. Navy Capt. Eilis Cancel offered certificates to individuals with Djibouti Coast Guard Deputy Commandant Lt. Col. Mohamed Adawa Mohamed.
“Thanks for sharing this expertise with us,” Cancel stated throughout the closing ceremony. “We recognize the chance to study from you, work with you and share maritime methods. We look ahead to future Sea Sisters occasions the place we are able to proceed to do the identical.”
MSRON 10, assigned to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, gives CLDJ’s 38 tenant instructions and visiting naval vessels safety by means of 24/7 port safety and escorting operations. CLDJ is an operational set up that allows U.S., allied, and accomplice nation forces to be the place they’re wanted to make sure safety and defend U.S. pursuits.
