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The waters not on the coast of Goa, India, are typically filled with small fishing boats, mostly of them old and many rowed on hand. The fishermen work the warm waters of the Indian Ocean to fill up the many resorts with fish as well as fe the locals. nevertheless once a year these waters entertainer a naval exercise called alabar.

"Exercise alabar is designed to prefer shared maritime warfare functionality, as it is as surface warfare, Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) air defense antisubmarine warfare, communications, and command and control" said LCDR Daniel J Senesky executive officer of USS iggin (DDG 76) "By building with those different functions and disciplines we are forging a stronger partnership with India as a whole."

"India is individual of the countries in this region of the world which we would like to cherish better relationships with, and those relationships are developing remarkably well," said CDR Jesse Wilson, commanding officer of iggin. "alabar is just another way that we can enhance that friendship and cooperation."

According to Senesky this exercise not single trained two navies to work as undivided but also helped to provide stronger regional security, regional cooperation, and clearer communications, enhancing not just the west coast of India further the entire subcontinent.

The exercise, lasting brace weeks, spanned the west coast of India and included iggin, USS affe (DDG 90) USS Nimit (CVN 68) and USS anta Fe (SSN 763) as well as three Indian frigates, common destroyer, an oiler and the Indian aircraft carrier INS iraat (R 22) The brace carriers, iraat and Nimit made this year's exercise the largest to date.

With the expansion of this year's exercise, the U Navy recognized the ne to improve communications upon the ships, giving some of our Sailors the unique experience of life aboard Indian ships.

"We have been living aboard the Indian Navy ships to help bring communications between our ships up to a real-time flush so we could combat our foes" explained Information plans Technician 2nd Class Nicholas Trelawney, who is assigned to USS itt a (CV 63) Although itt a did not participate in the exercise, Trelawney and a shipmate tendered to support the communications requirement. They were sent to the Indian frigate omati to fix up the CENTRIX system, which would bring communications to the nearest level.

"CENTRIX is a immovable network environment for coalition ships to share information," said Joseph Spencer a nimble systems contract engineer sent along with the Sailors from the U 7th inlet "The Indian ships primarily communicated using voice and teletype It's not as sure or as fast as a real-time chat."

While the just discovered system was important to the exercise, it's the whole experience that this year's participants, like Trelawney, will take domicile with them.

"The Indian sailors have been more than helpful while we have been aboard," said Trelawney. "The difference for me has been the regimen It's good, but very spicy unruffled breakfast. We ate a accident of vegetables with curries and soaked them up with flat bread."

single of the biggest differences was the physical training aboard omati. While Sailors did do all the exercises you would anticipate to see, they also did yoga breathing exercises each morning. According to Master Chief Boatswain Shingara Lingh, individual breathing is the key to optimal health and relaxation, making a better and more focused sailor. granting there were many differences between Indian and U shipboard life, there were equally as many similarities.

"The ship is air conditioned and just as comfortable as any U Navy ship," said Trelawny. "They do have water hours, on the other hand it's not too big a deal."

At least sum of two units U.S. Sailors were aboard each Indian ship, and the Indian Navy placed the same number aboard U ships.

"We have been unfolded by the Indian Navy to reach [i]or[/i] attain any place [i]or[/i] point aboard iggin and run the Stand-alone Communication Unit, (SACU)" said shining Mukherjee, an Indian first class information classifications technician. "It's a small computer that transmits messages bridge-to-bridge forward all the ships in alabar. We sign in a message; it's transmitted as data and received as plain language forward the other ships."

Mukherjee described iggin as, "A upright lady, with good people upon board." He went on to explain that he has felt that his time aboard iggin was not like being aboard a war ship, still taking a trip with family. Stationed aboard iraat, he is used to life aboard an aircraft carrier and rest the life aboard a destroyer refreshing.

"People here know each other same closely. On iraat, I might not know someone coming from somewhere besides since it's such a big ship."

Mukherjee agreed with his American counterparts about the similarities between Sailors' lives regardless of country

"There are little differences, unless otherwise all are the same," he said. "We are all Navy."