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Caption:
Inland Sea, Japan (Feb. 20, 2004) -- The mine countermeasures ship USS
Patriot (MCM 7) completes fuel connections while preparing to take on
fuel from the Japanese minesweeper tender JDS Bungo (MST 464) during an
underway replenishment (UNREP) operation. The UNREP was part of the
Mine Countermeasures Exercise/Explosive Ordnance Demolition Exercise
2004 (MINEX-EODEX 2004) off the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan. One of
several annual Japanese fleet exercises, MINEX-EODEX 2004 is the only
exercise where the forward-deployed U.S. mine countermeasure units
routinely engage Japanese naval assets. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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