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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jody Powell ensures a ladder well is clear during a visit, board, search and seizure training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 27, 2011. Arleigh Burke is participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 2011, a certifying event for ships deploying with coalition forces in future operations.

ATLANTIC CLEARING

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jody Powell ensures a ladder well is clear during a visit, board, search and seizure training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 27, 2011. Arleigh Burke is participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 2011, a certifying event for ships deploying with coalition forces in future operations.

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