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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