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Sailors prepare for an air defense exercise.

Discussing Exercise Tactics

Navy Lt. Ben Olivas, center, talks with a sailor preparing for an air defense exercise during an anti-submarine exercise aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale as it participates in a cruiser-destroyer surface warfare advanced tactical training exercise in the Pacific Ocean, April 20, 2018. Olivas is a surface warfare tactics instructor assigned to Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda A. Hayes

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