 Visit Board Search and Seizure or VBSS is an important phase in Cutlass Express 2013. The success of a VBSS boarding depends on a few certain skills. The importance of working as a team during a VBSS mission is you never know what you're going to encounter while you're underway so it's important to rely on your team members to get your back while you have theirs just in case you do encounter something negative. Over a period of three days, Seychelles Coast Guard, Mauritius and East African standby force, EASF members participated in three different scenarios. One of the main goals for the exercise is to build maritime partnerships and inoperability. Our ESF team took part of the ESF VBSS for many different countries. We talk about our cell phones and our country. I feel we are one person, one team, and we are one objective. During the scenario which simulates the trafficking in persons and illegal weapons, the ESF team successfully boarded and seized the target vessel. The team captured all hidden crew members, a trafficked person, illicit weapons and ammunition on board. Petty Officer Darby Ortega, Poor Victoria, Seychelles.