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Caption:
Baltic Sea (Jun. 9, 2003) -- The aegis cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72)
sails in the Baltic Sea during the annual maritime exercise Baltic
Operations (BALTOPS) 2003. 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 a peace support operation 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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