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U.S. Navy sailors approach the Magellan Star in the Gulf of Aden, Sept. 9, 2010, after pirates took the vessel the previous day. The sailors, working as the first wave of an assault force, took the nine pirates to the USS Princeton. The sailors are assigned to the USS Dubuque, which is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and security in the in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali basin.

ASSAULT FORCE

U.S. Navy sailors approach the Magellan Star in the Gulf of Aden, Sept. 9, 2010, after pirates took the vessel the previous day. The sailors, working as the first wave of an assault force, took the nine pirates to the USS Princeton. The sailors are assigned to the USS Dubuque, which is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and security in the in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali basin.

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