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Personnel aboard the Military Sealift Command ocean surveillance ship USNS Able use fire fighting hoses to deter simulated attackers in a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Pacific Ocean, May 31, 2009. Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin provided a training exercise to practice repelling possible boarders without using lethal force.

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Personnel aboard the Military Sealift Command ocean surveillance ship USNS Able use fire fighting hoses to deter simulated attackers in a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Pacific Ocean, May 31, 2009. Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin provided a training exercise to practice repelling possible boarders without using lethal force.

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