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Navy Lt. Cmdr. Todd Penrod, battle watch captain for U.S. European Command's computer-assisted exercise, Austere Challenge 17, receives an update aboard the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney in the Black Sea, Oct. 11, 2016. Navy photo by Seaman Ford Williams

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Navy Lt. Cmdr. Todd Penrod, battle watch captain for U.S. European Command's computer-assisted exercise, Austere Challenge 17, receives an update aboard the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney in the Black Sea, Oct. 11, 2016. Navy photo by Seaman Ford Williams

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