AMSTEP Exercise 3-5 Aug 09

There will be a full scale AMSTEP exercise 3 Aug - 5 Aug as follows:

Monday 03 AUG,

1. Waterborne IED threat via small boat located at the Northern axis, South of Peekskill.
2. Floating Mine in the anchorage channel determined to be caused by an offload mishap.

Tuesday 04 AUG,

1. Waterborne WMD threat via small boat located at the Eastern axis East, of the VZ bridge. Secure the Cities will be initiated at the Narrows.

Wednesday 05 AUG,

1. IED threat onboard NYWW Ferry inside NY Harbor.
2. Potential waterborne IED threat transferred from small boat to SUNY Empire State vessel southern Long Island Sound off New Rochelle.

**Participation in this exercise will meet the requirements for our Sector 4th quarter MARSEC drill.

Per Betsy, if any qualified crew would like to participate in this operations exercise on Monday, Aug 3rd,aboard the Semper Paratus please let her know by phone or email. Her facility will be shoving off from Westerly Marina in Ossining (TBD) and returning 4 -6 hours later.
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