0907270924R-017 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (July 27, 2009) A Brazilian Sailor climbs down the pilot ladder aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) to a ridged hull inflatable boat. Oak Hill is participating in Southern Partnership Station '09. Southern Partnership Station is a combined naval and amphibious operation with Oak Hill and maritime forces from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. Oak Hill is also supporting Marine Corps Forces South multinational amphibious exercise Southern Exchange 2009.

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