Navy Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) lower a Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) with a crane to prepare for a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) mission as part of Combined Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 17, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX is the final certifying exercise for the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group before they deploy. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado)

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