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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Mendoza, center, watches as soldiers in Sierra Leone's military plot a navigational course during a training session in Freetown, Aug. 18, 2010. Mendoza is assigned to the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command's Security Force Assistance Detachment. Four sailors from the unit's mobile training team went to Africa to train soldiers for two weeks on small-craft operations.

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Mendoza, center, watches as soldiers in Sierra Leone's military plot a navigational course during a training session in Freetown, Aug. 18, 2010. Mendoza is assigned to the Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command's Security Force Assistance Detachment. Four sailors from the unit's mobile training team went to Africa to train soldiers for two weeks on small-craft operations.

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