The VBSS team boarded the vessel and discovered and seized 19 bales of cocaine, with an approximate weight of 860 pounds, estimated to be valued at more than $13.6 million, according to the Navy ...

A model of the FIC on display at IMDEX 2025 indicates that the vessel will be able to embark one crane-deployed rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) for visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS ...

Specialized training in recent weeks covered VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure) operations using RHIB boats, combat diving, and coastal landing procedures. The cooperation was conducted at a ...

New Delhi: India and a group of African countries on Wednesday began the sea phase of their maiden naval drills in the western Indian Ocean region (IOR) to boost maritime security cooperation and ...

Immediately, he was shifted to a new role in Mason's Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team - one that ensured he'd be in direct confrontation with the pirates.

The boatswain’s mate, who grew up in Egypt, was awarded for his gutsy role in responding to a pirate attack on a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

The rigid-hull inflatable, known in the Royal Canadian Navy as a RHIB, overturned around 10 p.m. as it was returning to a boat shed after ferrying sea trial staff from HMCS Montreal to the Mill ...

October 10, 2020 – Sailors and Coast Guardsmen prepare to recover a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) while conducting small boat operations aboard the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS ...

Next, it was the MARCOS team’s turn to board, as their RHIB raced through the swells, with the commandos hunkered down rifles trained forward toward the Amatola. Circling around the frigate, the RHIB ...

Boarding ships is one of the most dangerous missions that Navy SEALs train for. It is often done at night and in rough seas.

The Indonesian Ministry of Defense held the official launch ceremony for the first Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) 90M, constructed by local shipbuilder PT Daya Radar Utama (PT DRU), today. The ministry ...