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Students from the patrol craft officer course at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School extract students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation during a field training exercise at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., June 29, 2009. The school's mission is to provide partner nation security forces with the highest level of riverine and littoral craft operations and maintenance technical training; the institute focuses on providing professional education and training.

Students from the patrol craft officer course at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School extract students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation during a field training exercise at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., June 29, 2009. The school's mission is to provide partner nation security forces with the highest level of riverine and littoral craft operations and maintenance technical training; the institute focuses on providing professional education and training.

Students from the patrol craft officer course at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School extract students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation during a field training exercise at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., June 29, 2009. The school's mission is to provide partner nation security forces with the highest level of riverine and littoral craft operations and maintenance technical training; the institute focuses on providing professional education and training.

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