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Over the past two weeks we've been 

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conducting visit board search and 

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seizure training , a course run by 

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expeditionary operations training group . 

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Through this course , the Maritime 

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Special Purpose Force , the battalion 

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landing team 16 Security force platoon 

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as well as enablers from the small boat 

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detachment , explosive ordinance 

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disposal as well as counter human intel . 

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We have been conducting training that 

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incorporates both the small boats as 

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well as helicopters to visit board 

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search and seize vessels in support of 

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maritime interdiction operations . The 

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purpose of V . B . S . S or visit board 

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search and seizure is in support of the 

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bigger picture Naval Maritime 

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Interdiction operation , where we will 

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conduct operations ranging from a flag 

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verification on vessels in the open 

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water all the way up to conducting 

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opposed boardings , in which we'll be 

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able to recover a vessel from pirates 

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in order to return it back to its 

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country of origin or the crew on board . 

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This training keeps the 26th mu ready , 

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relevant and capable by integrating all 

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portions of the mu from the Ace all the 

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way to the G . C . And the command 

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element . The integration with the 

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cuties from the ace as well as Black 

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hawks from the search and Rescue of the 

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naval argue concept as well as the 

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small boat detachment , the Maritime 

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Special Purpose Force platoon and the 

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battalion landing Team security platoon . 

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The integration throughout all this 

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training has tied every portion of the 

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MU together to conduct maritime 

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interdiction operations