110711ZS026-334 GULF OF ADEN (July 11, 2011) A civilian mariner aboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) attaches pallets of supplies to a 330EV Puma helicopter bound for the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxton (DDG 103), not pictured, during a replenishment at sea. Truxton is assigned to CTF 151, a multi-national, mission-based task force established by the Combined Maritime Forces in January 2009 to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin and Arabian Sea. Navy

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