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Headline: U.S. Navy Year In Pictures

Caption: PICTURE SHOWS: ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 9, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Downing, right, an anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare tactics instructor, assigned to Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, mentors Lt. Cmdr. Kris Yost, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf’s (CG 55) chief engineer, during a fast attack craft/fast inshore attack craft training event in the ship’s combat information center as part of a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) cruiser-destroyer (CRUDES) units are conducting the first East Coast CRUDES SWATT. SWATT is led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and is designed to increase warfighting proficiency, lethality and interoperability of participating units. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesse Marquez Magallanes/Released) ..... STORY COPY: The U.S. Navy have released a year in pictures documenting their operations in 2018. They explain: "As 2019 gets underway, we’re looking back at 2018 across our fleet with our year in pictures — snapshots of our U.S. Navy Sailors protecting the homeland and preserving America’s strategic influence around the world. We couldn’t highlight everything that happened in 2018, but as you’ll see, the year was filled with building a more lethal force, strengthening our alliances and attracting new partners, and reforming for greater performance and affordability to remain the most effective global maneuver force in the world."

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