Caption:
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 23, 2009) -- The guided-missile frigate USS
Kauffman (FFG 59) is underway with the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Thetis
(WMEC 910), the Chilean Navy frigate Almirante Blanco Encalada (FF-15),
and the Brazilian Navy frigate BNS Constituicao (F42) during UNITAS
Gold, the 50th iteration of the longest-running multinational maritime
exercise in the world. Naval units from the U.S. are participating in
several realistic tactical training scenarios with maritime forces from
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, Peru and
Uruguay off the coast of Florida April 20-May 5. U.S. Navy photo
by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ron Kuzlik (RELEASED)
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