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210215-N- PS962-1065 INDIAN OCEAN (Feb. 12, 2021) A Sailor assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), in accordance with international law, boarded a stateless dhow off the coast of Somalia and interdicted an illicit shipment of weapons and weapon components, Feb. 12. Maritime security operations, as conducted by the U.S. 5th Fleet, entail routine patrols to determine pattern of life in the maritime environment as well as to enhance mariner-to-mariner relations. These operations reassure allies and partners and preserve freedom of navigation and free flow of commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)
| Date Taken: | 02.12.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 02.16.2021 10:38 |
| Photo ID: | 6521488 |
| VIRIN: | 210212-N-PS962-1065 |
| Resolution: | 2739x1740 |
| Size: | 632.47 KB |
| Location: | INDIAN OCEAN |
| Web Views: | 451 |
| Downloads: | 24 |
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Winston S. Churchill Seizes Illicit Weapons from Two Dhows off Somalia
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