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Mare Aperto

The USS Truxtun and German ship FGS Spessart perform a refueling during Mare Aperto in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Oct. 19, 2022. The maritime exercise is designed to test the combat readiness of participating forces through realistic multi-domain scenarios.

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