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Posted 15 August 2012
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A US Customs and Border Protection P-3 Orion crew drops mission-essential parts to the US Navy guided missile frigate USS Carr (FFG-52), not shown, on 15 August 2012, while supporting Operation Martillo in the Caribbean. Operation Martillo is a joint interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus.

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