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Caption:
Baltic Sea (Jun. 14, 2003) -- The Arleigh Burke-class, guided missile
destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) steams through the Baltic Sea during the
annual maritime exercise Baltic Operations 2003 (BALTOPS). The United
States and 12 other nations are participating in this year's exercise.
BALTOPS 2003 is intended to improve interoperability between allies and
Partnership for Peace countries by conducting support operations at sea
including exercises in gunnery, replenishment at sea, undersea warfare,
radar tracking, mine countermeasures, seamanship, search and rescue,
maritime interdiction operations, and scenarios dealing with
potentially real world crises. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's
Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg. (RELEASED)
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