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U.S. Navy sailors with the visit, board, search and seizure team of the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) apprehend suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Feb. 11, 2009. The Vella Gulf is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force conducting operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.

U.S. Navy sailors apprehend suspected pirates.

U.S. Navy sailors with the visit, board, search and seizure team of the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) apprehend suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Feb. 11, 2009. The Vella Gulf is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force conducting operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.

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