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U.S. sailors aboard USS Tarawa slide an inert training mine into the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 10, 2008, during Fuerzas Aliadas Panamax 2008. Panamax is a U.S. Southern Command joint and multinational annual exercise involving 20 countries.

PANAMAX 2008

U.S. sailors aboard USS Tarawa slide an inert training mine into the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 10, 2008, during Fuerzas Aliadas Panamax 2008. Panamax is a U.S. Southern Command joint and multinational annual exercise involving 20 countries.

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