030524-N-4441P-004 Central Command Area of Operation (May 24, 2003) -- Hoisted from the fantail of Joint Venture High Speed Vessel Experimental One (HSV-X1), Special Boat Team crewmembers are lowered down in a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) during a Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure (VBSS) training session. Special Boat Teams are deployed to the Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by

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030524-N-4441P-004 Central Command Area of Operation (May 24, 2003) -- Hoisted from the fantail of Joint Venture High Speed Vessel Experimental One (HSV-X1), Special Boat Team crewmembers are lowered down in a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) during a Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure (VBSS) training session. Special Boat Teams are deployed to the Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael J. Pusnik, Jr. (RELEASED) US Navy 030524-N-4441P-004 Joint Venture High Speed Vessel Experimental One (HSV-X1)

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