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Video: Patrolling the High Seas

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Fifteen nations participated in Cutlass Express 2019, an exercise designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information-sharing practices to increase capabilities between the U.S., and East African and Western Indian Ocean nations to counter illicit maritime activity.

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Video by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bounome Chanphouang

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