<p>Ships assigned to Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) assemble in a formation for a photo exercise. The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) was established to monitor, inspect, board, and stop suspect shipping to pursue the war on terrorism and includes operations currently taking place in the North Arabia Sea to support <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" class="extiw" title="w:Iraq War">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>. Countries contributing to CTF-150 currently include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Pakistan, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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From front backwards; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Navy" class="extiw" title="w:Italian Navy">Italian Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestrale-class_frigate" class="extiw" title="w:Maestrale-class frigate">Maestrale-class frigate</a> <i>Scirocco</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Navy" class="extiw" title="w:German Navy">German Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremen-class_frigate" class="extiw" title="w:Bremen-class frigate">Bremen-class frigate</a> <i>Augsburg</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Navy" class="extiw" title="w:US Navy">US Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticonderoga-class_cruiser" class="extiw" title="w:Ticonderoga-class cruiser">Ticonderoga-class cruiser</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Leyte_Gulf" class="extiw" title="w:USS Leyte Gulf">USS Leyte Gulf</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_La_Motte-Picquet" class="extiw" title="w:French frigate La Motte-Picquet">French frigate La Motte-Picquet</a></i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Leygues-class_frigate" class="extiw" title="w:Georges Leygues-class frigate">Georges Leygues-class frigate</a>), A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_22_Frigate" class="extiw" title="w:Type 22 Frigate">Type 22 Frigate</a>, (unknown), (unknown).
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Bart Bauer.
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