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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689a)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689c)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689d)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689e)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689f)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689g)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689i)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689h)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689j)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689k)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689l)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689m)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
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    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/REX (3785689n)
    Leaders of the 'Donbas Batallion' recruit fighters for the National Guard detachment at the Maidan
    Donbas Batallion recruiting EuroMaidan activists as fighters for 'counter-terrorism' in the east, Kiev, Ukraine - 01 Jun 2014
    Six days after losing five members in an ambush sprung by a force of Russian-backed separatists, the Donbas Battalion, a quasi-military group consisting mostly of pro-Ukraine Donetsk and Luhansk oblast civilians is forming into a National Guard special-purpose battalion to officially join the government?s counter-terrorism operation, the Interior Ministry announced after reaching an agreement with its leader Semyon Semenchenko.
    The unit will comprise of 120-150 men, the usual size of a rota, or a troop company. They will undergo training at the National Guard training base in Novi Petrivtsi, a village 10 kilometers north of Kyiv. Their task will be to ?conduct anti-subversive and anti-terrorist? activities in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Interior Ministry stated. This will include guarding the Ukrainian-Russian border to prevent ?organized groups of terrorists from breaking through from the Russian Federation,? it added.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
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    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 923975c )
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership
    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership after responding to a merchant vessel distress signal while operating in the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151 is a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the CMF area of responsibility to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
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    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 923975b )
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership
    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership after responding to a merchant vessel distress signal while operating in the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151 is a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the CMF area of responsibility to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
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    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 923975a )
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership
    A VBSS team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team approach a suspected pirate mothership, Gulf of Aden - 13 May 2009
    Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 approach a suspected pirate mothership after responding to a merchant vessel distress signal while operating in the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151 is a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the CMF area of responsibility to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX