17 Ghanaian navy officers and sailors undergo training on how to secure the nations maritime boundary on a US navy ship

Seventeen Ghanaian Navy officers and sailors are receiving training on how to secure the nations maritime boundary on a US naval ship currently on sail on the gulf of Guinea.

Also onboard the ship are navy officers from other West African countries. The idea is to pull together synergy on how to check insecurity on the African waters in recent times.


The training is being organized by the United States naval forces Africa and its partners under a program code named African partnership station.

The reporter is currently onboard the USS Gunston hall currently enroute to Sao Tome and Principe to deliver some items. It will take us roughly four days to get there.

To give you an idea about the ship I am on, picture two football fields put together, that is how big this ship is.

It is a well equipped vessel. Inside this ship are several lecture halls where naval officers from Ghana and other West African countries are undergoing tutorials on a wide range of maritime courses with emphasis on professional development, respond capabilities, and infrastructural development.

Some of the students tell me the lessons have been very useful. " I have learnt how to administer first aid to any of my offers if they were to suffer injury- A ghanaian naval officer said".

For the next seven days, trainees are expected to also undergo practical training as we sail to Sao Tome and back to Tema.

Captain Ossinowo is the deputy commander for African Partnership Station-APS. He says African more than ever needs to recognize it's maritime domain awareness and protect it from criminals on the highseas.

Sammy Darko
Joy Fm
Accra-Ghana