0906170807W-021 SASEBO, Japan (June 17, 2009) Sailors assigned to the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) reel in an electromagnetic mine sweep cable during a restricted availability maintenance period. Patriot serves under Mine Countermeasures Division (MCMDIV) 11 as the Task Force 76 mine countermeasures arm in forward-deployed operations.

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