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A Brazilian navy AH-11A Super Lynx Mk-21A helicopter prepares to drop a boarding team by fast rope during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise in the Atlantic Ocean with crewmembers from the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole, Oct. 8, 2009. The Cole is participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2, a United Kingdom-led, multinational and multi-warfare exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies.

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A Brazilian navy AH-11A Super Lynx Mk-21A helicopter prepares to drop a boarding team by fast rope during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise in the Atlantic Ocean with crewmembers from the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole, Oct. 8, 2009. The Cole is participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 09-2, a United Kingdom-led, multinational and multi-warfare exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies.

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