Rear Adm. Terence McKnight, left, congratulates Rear Adm. Michelle Howard after she assumed command

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GULF OF ADEN (April 5, 2009) Rear Adm. Terence McKnight, left, congratulates Rear Adm. Michelle Howard after she assumed command of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2 and Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is the flagship for CTF 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the Combined Maritime Forces area of responsibility to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy.

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