Russian navy Krivak I class frigate BDITELNY during exercise BALTOPS 93. Behind BDITELNY is the German frigate FGS KARLSRUHE (F-212). For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. (Also in the picture is the Swedish minelayer HMS Älvsborg (M02).)

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USS Iwo Jima Departs Naval Station Norfolk. Sailors and Marines assigned to the Iwo Jima (IWO) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) – 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) departed for a regularly scheduled deployment.

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