{"id":7400,"date":"2021-09-01T06:32:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T05:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=7400"},"modified":"2021-09-01T06:32:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T05:32:22","slug":"hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex\/","title":{"rendered":"Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams crew joins Brazilian Navy for inaugural Operation Guinex"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7401\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7401 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by : Petty officer 3rd Class Malachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise called Operation Guinex with the Brazilian Frigate Independencia on Aug. 23, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guinex is the first exercise off of Africa\u2019s Atlantic coast to have participation by both U.S. and Brazilian naval vessels. The engagement highlights the U.S. and Brazil\u2019s shared interest in maritime safety and freedom of commerce in the southern Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A representative from the U.S. Coast Guard, Lt. Carl M. Eschler, is also embarked aboard Independencia to participate in the exercise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exercise will run from August through September 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is an important exercise for both of our navies,\u201d said Capt. Chad Graham, commanding officer, USS Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams. \u201cIt was a pleasure working with the Brazilians and having their personnel embarked with us, and we look forward to future opportunities to cooperate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While at sea, Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams conducted small boat and Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) drills, as well as maneuvering exercises.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe drills we performed with the Brazilians during Operation Guinex increase our awareness of the best ways to counteract piracy and illicit fisheries operations in the region,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7402\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7402 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hershel-woody-williams-crew-joins-brazilian-navy-for-inaugural-operation-guinex-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by : Petty officer 3rd Class Malachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams recently completed a maritime security exercise with the Nigerian Navy and members of Ghana\u2019s Special Boat Squadron.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">USS Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams is the first warship permanently assigned to the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. The U.S. shares a common interest with African partner nations in ensuring security, safety, and freedom of navigation on the waters surrounding the continent, because these waters are critical for Africa\u2019s prosperity and access to global markets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For over 70 years, U.S. Sixth Fleet forces have forged strategic relationships with our allies and partners and solidified a foundation of shared values, experiences, and vision aimed at preserving security and stability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ESB ship class is a highly flexible platform that may be used across a broad range of military operations. Acting as a mobile sea base, they are part of the critical access infrastructure that supports the deployment of forces and supplies to support missions assigned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By\u00a0<strong>U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE-AFRICA\/U.S. SIXTH FLEET PUBLIC AFFAIRS<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams (ESB 4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1378,442],"tags":[1374,31,44,1485,410,652,1996],"class_list":["post-7400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-maritime-security","category-news-en","tag-gulf-of-guinea-en","tag-maritimafrica","tag-maritime-en","tag-maritime-in-africa","tag-maritime-security","tag-u-s-africa-command","tag-uss-hershel-woody-williams"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams crew joins Brazilian Navy for inaugural Operation Guinex - Maritimafrica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise called Operation Guinex with the Brazilian Frigate Independencia on Aug. 23, 2021. 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