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The USS Devastator prepares to resupply during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 6, 2014. The exercise is the largest international naval exercise promoting maritime security and the free flow of trade through mine countermeasure operations, maritime security operations, and maritime infrastructure protection in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and throughout the world.

INTERNATIONAL EXERCISE

The USS Devastator prepares to resupply during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 6, 2014. The exercise is the largest international naval exercise promoting maritime security and the free flow of trade through mine countermeasure operations, maritime security operations, and maritime infrastructure protection in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and throughout the world.

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