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Ensign James Dickey assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Ross, right, briefs the members the ship's Visit, Board, Search and Seizure team before conducting a boarding exercise in the Gulf of Lion, Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 9, 2006.

GULF OF LION

Ensign James Dickey assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Ross, right, briefs the members the ship's Visit, Board, Search and Seizure team before conducting a boarding exercise in the Gulf of Lion, Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 9, 2006.

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