ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 30, 2019) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Tommy Turtle verifies that Sailors are wearing proper protective equipment prior to minesweeping training aboard the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Dextrous (MCM 13). The 5th Fleet area of operations encompasses nearly million square miles of water area and includes the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean. The region is comprised of 20 countries and includes three critical choke points at the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Bab-al-Mandeb at the southern tip of Yemen.

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