CHOSIN MISSION A boat crew from the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin approaches three men who were spotted clinging to a piece of wood in the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 17, 2009. Chosin is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational effort to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate to actively deter, disrupt and supress piracy off the coast of Somalia. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.08 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 230067-X-JCG70-616.jpg Photo Gallery