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Lightning Handshake

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower sails behind the guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher during Exercise Lightning Handshake in the Atlantic Ocean, March 3, 2021. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is participating in the bilateral maritime exercise with the Moroccan navy and air force.

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