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A U.S. Navy sailor with the USS Chosin's (CG 65) visit board search and seizure team practices a boarding technique during training aboard the ship while underway in the Gulf of Aden on Dec. 7, 2009. The Chosin is the flagship for Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.

A U.S. Navy sailor with the USS Chosin's (CG 65) visit board search and seizure team practices a boarding technique.

A U.S. Navy sailor with the USS Chosin's (CG 65) visit board search and seizure team practices a boarding technique during training aboard the ship while underway in the Gulf of Aden on Dec. 7, 2009. The Chosin is the flagship for Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.

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