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U.S. sailors and Marines participate ibn a safety stand down on the flight deck of the USS Bataan in the Mediterranean Sea, June 21, 2014. The Bataan, with elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to augment U.S. crisis response forces in the region.

SAFETY BRIEF

U.S. sailors and Marines participate ibn a safety stand down on the flight deck of the USS Bataan in the Mediterranean Sea, June 21, 2014. The Bataan, with elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to augment U.S. crisis response forces in the region.

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