MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 23, 2021) Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexander Ashburn retrieves a simulated survivor from the ocean while aboard a 35-foot long-range interceptor II cutter boat during the search and rescue exercise between the Coast Guard Legend-class national security cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) and the Italian coast guard Dattilo-class offshore patrol vessel Ubaldo Diciotti (CP 941) in the Mediterranean Sea, April 23, 2021. Hamilton is on a routine deployment in the Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of national interests and security in Europe and Africa.

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