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The visit, board, search and seizure team conducts maritime interdiction operations during an Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, July 12, 2008. The team is assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall.

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The visit, board, search and seizure team conducts maritime interdiction operations during an Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, July 12, 2008. The team is assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall.

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