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    Maritime Operations

    ABOARD USS PREBLE, AT SEA

    06.03.2007

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    U.S. Navy           

    Visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team members, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88), and Iraqi forces wait for authorization before boarding an oil rig. Preble is conducting interaction patrols (IPATS), which are an element of maritime operations and are conducted in Iraqi territorial waters so that commercial shipping and fishing can occur safely in the region. Preble, as part of John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, is conducting maritime operations in the Persian Gulf.

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    Date Taken: 06.03.2007
    Date Posted: 07.01.2007 12:56
    Photo ID: 48775
    VIRIN: 070603-N-0684R-310
    Resolution: 3652x2448
    Size: 1.01 MB
    Location: ABOARD USS PREBLE, AT SEA

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