5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Dec. 11, 2012) The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and a coalition naval vessel escort commercial shipping during exercise Lucky Mariner 13. Lucky Mariner is an annual Navy, coalition, and commercial shipping Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) exercise in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility designed to integrate the civil-military response to a global shipping threat.( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released) 121211-N-YF306-755 Join the conversation

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5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Dec. 11, 2012) The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and a coalition naval vessel escort commercial shipping during exercise Lucky Mariner 13. Lucky Mariner is an annual Navy, coalition, and commercial shipping Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) exercise in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility designed to integrate the civil-military response to a global shipping threat.( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released) 121211-N-YF306-755 Join the conversation USS Winston S. Churchill escorts a commercial vessel. (8269159365)

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