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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan wave to family members during homecoming celebrations on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., April 9, 2009. Mahan, returning after a six-month deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, was part of a multinational task force conducting counter piracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.

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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan wave to family members during homecoming celebrations on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., April 9, 2009. Mahan, returning after a six-month deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, was part of a multinational task force conducting counter piracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Red Sea.

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