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A trailer operator for Medcenter Container Terminal transfers a container from the M/V Ark Futura, a Danish cargo ship, along the dock to the loading deck of M/V Cape Ray during operations at the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, July 2, 2014. The Cape Ray is tasked with the neutralization of specific chemical materials from Syria in accordance with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons guidelines while operating in international waters. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks
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A trailer operator for Medcenter Container Terminal transfers a container from the M/V Ark Futura, a Danish cargo ship, along the dock to the loading deck of M/V Cape Ray during operations at the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, July 2, 2014. The Cape Ray is tasked with the neutralization of specific chemical materials from Syria in accordance with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons guidelines while operating in international waters. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks
  • A trailer operator for Medcenter Container Terminal transfers a container from the M/V Ark Futura, a Danish cargo ship, along the dock to the loading deck of M/V Cape Ray during operations at the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, July 2, 2014. The Cape Ray is tasked with the neutralization of specific chemical materials from Syria in accordance with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons guidelines while operating in international waters. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks
  • A helicopter approaches the U.S. ship MV Cape Ray to drop off cargo in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 4, 2014. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks
  • The Spanish patrol boat Infanta Elena, left, escorts the container ship MV Cape Ray through the Strait of Gibraltar en route to the Mediterranean Sea June 26, 2014. The U.S. government-owned MV Cape Ray was modified and deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea to dispose of Syrian chemical agents in accordance with terms Syria agreed to in late 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Desmond Parks
  • An escort ship pulls next to the U.S. ship MV Cape Ray in the Mediterranean Sea, July 5, 2014. The escort was part of an international task force to protect the ship, which was modified to dispose of Syrian chemical agents according to terms Syria accepted in late 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks
  • The container ship M/V Cape Ray enters the Medcenter Container Terminal in Gioia Tauro, Italy, July 1, 2014, where the crew will receive Syrian chemical materials from a Danish cargo ship. The crew aboard the Cape Ray will then neutralize the materials on board. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks
  • The container ship M/V Cape Ray enters the Medcenter Container Terminal in Gioia Tauro, Italy, July 1, 2014, where the crew will receive Syrian chemical materials from a Danish cargo ship. The crew aboard the Cape Ray will then neutralize the materials on board. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks
  • Brandon Jones turns a valve to operate a hydrolysis system aboard the U.S. ship MV Cape Ray in the Mediterranean Sea, July 14, 2014. Jones is a safety officer. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks
  • Col. John Cinnamon (right), the 71st Operations Group commander, and Ken Myers (left), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency director, accept a Joint Meritorious Unit Award from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, during a ceremony at the Pentagon Nov. 12. Cinnamon was the chief of plans for DTRA from June 2012 to June 2014 before he joined Team Vance. (U.S. Air Force photo/MSgt. Adrian Cadiz)
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