English: U.S. Coast Guard members assigned to USCGC Spencer (WMEC 905), Togolese Navy sailors, members from the Marine Security Guard Detachment and volunteers from the Golfe 1 municipality of Lomé, participate in a beach clean-up organized by the U.S. Embassy in Lomé, Togo, Jan. 26, 2023. Obangame Express 2023, conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation, and increase maritime safety and security among participating nations in the Gulf of Guinea and Southern Atlantic Ocean. 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. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Mikaela McGee)