Border Guards Drill With U.S. Coast Guard Off Kamchatka

September 22 2010

Russia

Russian border guards have just completed a joint drill with a U.S. Coast Guard cutter off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia's Far East, reports Interfax-AVN.

The joint exercise with the USCGC Jarvis included cooperative patrols, communications and search-and-rescue components, said Russian officials.

The Jarvis then sailed to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for a visit that is scheduled to conclude on Sept. 23.

A U.S. Coast Guard delegation, including Rear Adm. Christopher Colvin,...

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