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Cody, a California sea lion with the Navy Marine Mammal Program, retrieves an object for his handler during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2014 on Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Oct. 29, 2014. The exercise includes sailors from more than 44 countries whose focus is to promote security through mine countermeasure operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

CODY COUNTERMEASURES

Cody, a California sea lion with the Navy Marine Mammal Program, retrieves an object for his handler during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2014 on Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Oct. 29, 2014. The exercise includes sailors from more than 44 countries whose focus is to promote security through mine countermeasure operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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