navigational watch aboard the guided missile destroyer (DDG 72) USS Mahan,

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GULF OF ADEN (Jan. 29, 2009) Ens. Atwell stands a navigational watch aboard the guided missile destroyer (DDG 72) USS Mahan, assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151 is a multinational task force conducting counter-piracy operations in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea and was established to create a lawful maritime order and develop security in the maritime environment.

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