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U.S. sailors on the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley watch from a bridge wing during a replenishment at sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 4, 2015. The Gridley is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.

U.S. sailors on the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley watch from a bridge wing during a replenishment at sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 4, 2015. The Gridley is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.

U.S. sailors on the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley watch from a bridge wing during a replenishment at sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 4, 2015. The Gridley is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.

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