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The Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure (VBSS) team from the Aegis cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), approaches on a German Bremen class frigate FGS Lubeck (F 214) to conduct a VBSS training exercise

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The Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure (VBSS) team from the Aegis cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), approaches on a German Bremen class frigate FGS Lubeck (F 214) to conduct a VBSS training exercise

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Baltic Sea (Jun. 12, 2003) The Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure (VBSS) team from the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), approaches on a German Bremen class frigate FGS Lubeck (F 214) to conduct a VBSS training exercise during the annual maritime exercise Baltic Operations 2003 (BALTOPS). The United States and 12 other nations are participating in this year's exercise. BALTOPS 2003 is intended to improve interoperability between allies and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting support operations at sea including exercises in gunnery, replenishment at sea, undersea warfare, radar tracking, mine countermeasures, seamanship, search and rescue, maritime interdiction operations, and scenarios dealing with potentially real world crises. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg. File# 030612-N-4374S-024

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12/06/2003 - 12/06/2003
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Baltic Sea
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U.S. NAVY
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