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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Lake Champlain's visit, board, search and seizure team transport Somali migrant children to their guided-missile cruiser after rescuing them from a disabled skiff in the Gulf of Aden, May 24, 2009. The skiff, originally ferrying 52 passengers, was spotted in distress by the USS Lake Champlain helicopter pilots patrolling the area. The USS Lake Champlain is deployed as part of the USS Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Lake Champlain's visit, board, search and seizure team transport Somali migrant children to their guided-missile cruiser after rescuing them from a disabled skiff in the Gulf of Aden, May 24, 2009. The skiff, originally ferrying 52 passengers, was spotted in distress by the USS Lake Champlain helicopter pilots patrolling the area. The USS Lake Champlain is deployed as part of the USS Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Lake Champlain's visit, board, search and seizure team transport Somali migrant children to their guided-missile cruiser after rescuing them from a disabled skiff in the Gulf of Aden, May 24, 2009. The skiff, originally ferrying 52 passengers, was spotted in distress by the USS Lake Champlain helicopter pilots patrolling the area. The USS Lake Champlain is deployed as part of the USS Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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