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Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1), practice Visit Board Search and Seizure techniques aboard USS PORT ROYAL (CG 73), Oct. 6, 2003. The training is used in Maritime Interception Operations designed to counter Iraqi oil smuggling. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Christopher Mobley)