KHALIFA BIN SALMAN, Bahrain (March 12, 2013) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Alejandro Lopez-Caveda throws a heaving line to the pier as the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) prepares to moor in Bahrain. Stockdale is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility promoting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.

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