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Search and Rescue

Service members assigned to the Djiboutian Coast Guard conduct search and rescue operations during Exercise Bull Shark 25-2 in the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti, May 6, 2025. The exercise was designed to enhance multinational interoperability through simulated crisis response and coordinated field operations.

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