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U.S. Navy sailors from the guided-missile frigate USS John L. Hall take control of a landing craft after boarding it by rigid hull inflatable boat in the Mediterranean during Exercise Phoenix Express 2008, April 17, 2008. Phoenix Express is an annual multinational exercise designed to improve regional cooperation and maritime security in the Mediterranean basin.

PHOENIX EXPRESS

U.S. Navy sailors from the guided-missile frigate USS John L. Hall take control of a landing craft after boarding it by rigid hull inflatable boat in the Mediterranean during Exercise Phoenix Express 2008, April 17, 2008. Phoenix Express is an annual multinational exercise designed to improve regional cooperation and maritime security in the Mediterranean basin.

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