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U.S. Marine Corps snipers provide cover and observation during a boarding and seizure operation to recover the motor vessel Magellan Star from suspected pirates who took control of the ship in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 9, 2010. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force boarded the vessel and took nine suspected pirates into custody. The pirates were taken to the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and the Magellan Star’s 11 crewmembers resumed control of the container ship.

U.S. Marine Corps snipers provide cover and observation during a boarding and seizure operation.

U.S. Marine Corps snipers provide cover and observation during a boarding and seizure operation to recover the motor vessel Magellan Star from suspected pirates who took control of the ship in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 9, 2010. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force boarded the vessel and took nine suspected pirates into custody. The pirates were taken to the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and the Magellan Star’s 11 crewmembers resumed control of the container ship.

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