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A Maritime Security Operations team pulls away from the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89).
A Maritime Security Operations team pulls away from the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) on a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat to conduct a routine boarding of a foreign vessel in the Persian Gulf on April 13, 2005. U.S. and Coalition Forces continuously plan and execute maritime security operations to deny terrorists use of the maritime environment. Mustin is currently deployed as part of the USS Carl Vinson Strike Group.