RED SEA WATCH HANDOVER, FIRST LIGHT RECCE. Anti-Piracy watch onboard client vessel. Circa 0400hrs local time during full handover at first light. Full armed security team are on board and fully embedded into bridge watch routine. Viewed from monkey deck (bridge roof) as converging Red Sea (steaming SE) takes vessel into the infamous choke point of the Babel-el-Mandeb Strait, or the Gate of Tears as it's known locally. -------------------------------------- #ANTITERRORISM #ANTIPIRACY #ATAP #BABELMANDEB #GATEOFTEARS #HRA #OILMAJOR #YEMEN #NAVY #MARINES #OILANDGAS #CSO #TRAINING #SHIPPING #RPG #ARMEDFORCES #SNIPER #AK47 #AR15 #SUICIDEBOAT #MERCHANTMARINE #MERCHANTNAVY #SHIPPROTECTION #TERRORISM #TERROR #USMC #USNAVY #RUSSIANNAVY #VETERAN #ROYALNAVY #ANTIPIRACYTEAMLEADER (at Yemen)