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Members of the Barbados Defense Force cross a small boat in order to board high speed vessel Swift 2 not shown, in Bridgetown, Barbados, as a part of Southern Partnership Station Jan. 13, 2009. Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of various specialty platforms to the U.S. Southern Command area of focus in the Caribbean and Latin America.

BOAT HOPPING

Members of the Barbados Defense Force cross a small boat in order to board high speed vessel Swift 2 not shown, in Bridgetown, Barbados, as a part of Southern Partnership Station Jan. 13, 2009. Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of various specialty platforms to the U.S. Southern Command area of focus in the Caribbean and Latin America.

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