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091130-N-0780F-003 SOUDA BAY, Greece (Nov. 30, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) arrives for a routine port visit to Crete. Higgins is on a scheduled six-month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley/Released)
091130-N-0780F-004 SOUDA BAY, Greece (Nov. 30, 2009) Cmdr. Carl W. Meuser, center, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), directs mooring operations from the port bridge wing during arrival for a routine port visit to Crete. Higgins is on a scheduled six-month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley/Released)
091130-N-9063M-001 SOUDA BAY, Greece (Nov. 30, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) arrives for a routine port visit to Crete. Higgins is on a scheduled six-month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd class John Martinez/Released)
091130-N-0780F-001 SOUDA BAY, Greece (Nov. 30, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) arrives for a routine port visit to Crete. Higgins is on a scheduled six-month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley/Released)
091110-N-9806M-008 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov.10, 2009) Sailors stand watch on the bridge of the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) during a sea and anchor detail as the ship transits from Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Va. to Naval Station Mayport, Fla. Freedom is conducting training operations off the East Coast of the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Martie/Released)
091117-N-0569T-034 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 17, 2009) The Surface Warfare Officer of the Year award is presented to Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Tamulevich, left, by Vice Adm. D. C. Curtis, commander, Naval Surface Forces, aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53). Tamulevich, combat systems officer aboard John Paul Jones, was one of 25 nominees selected as the first-ever surface warfare officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel J. Taylor/Released)
091126-N-8335D-114 YELLOW SEA (Nov. 26, 2009) The mine countermeasures ships USS Defender (MCM 2) and USS Guardian (MCM 5) are underway in the Yellow Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin/Released)
I understand the ribbons, but what do all those different colored E's and an H with the stripes underneath them mean?
091204-N-0209M-002 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 4, 2009) A young family member cheers as the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) arrives at its new homeport of San Diego after transiting from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Martin/Released)
091205-N-8273J-220 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Dec. 5, 2009) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead drives a semi-submersible boat while meeting with Colombian Coast Guard Forces at Naval Base Bolivar. The boat was seized from drug smugglers in the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini Jones Vanderwyst/Released)
091205-N-8273J-174 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Dec. 5, 2009) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead, left, tours a semi-submersible boat while meeting with Colombian Coast Guard Forces at Naval Base Bolivar. The boat was seized from drug smugglers in the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini Jones Vanderwyst/Released)
091205-N-8273J-180 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Dec. 5, 2009) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead rides in a semi-submersible boat while meeting with Colombian Coast Guard Forces at Naval Base Bolivar. The boat was seized from drug smugglers in the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini Jones Vanderwyst/Released)
091127-N-0000X-001 GULF OF ADEN (Nov. 27, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 95) fires its MK-45 5-inch/54-caliber gun during a pre-aim calibration fire (PACFIRE) training exercise. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the region. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
Huh...interesting bit of write-ups. A trip to the SIPR computer might be in order at work.
080914-N-8310C-003 EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 14, 2008) The guided-missile frigate USS McInerney (FFG 8) tows a self-propelled, semi-submersible craft seized Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 by Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 404. The Coast Guard law enforcement officers, embarked aboard the McInerney, seized seven tons of cocaine during a night raid about 350 miles west of Guatemala. The seized vessel has the capability to travel from Ecuador to San Diego, Calif. McInerney, homeported in Mayport, Fla., is deployed in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Justin Cooper/Released)
080913-N-0000F-087 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 13, 2008) In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, members of U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment 404 survey the deck of the self-propelled, semi-submersible craft seized Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, by the guided-missile frigate USS McInerney (FFG 8). The Coast Guard law enforcement officers, embarked aboard the McInerney, seized the estimated $187 million worth of cocaine during a night raid about 350 miles west of Guatemala. The seized vessel has the capability to travel from Ecuador to San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nico Figueroa/Released)
070819-O-0000X-001 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 19, 2007) - Coordination between U.S. Coast Guard, Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection, and crews from a U.S. Navy P-3C Orion and the frigate USS Dewert (FFG 45), resulted in the seizure of an estimated $352 million of cocaine during an interdicted and boarding operation on a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel in the Eastern Pacific, Sunday, Aug 19. Photo courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection (RELEASED)
Yes, but you'll notice a specific factual difference between those cases and the case pertaining to the pictures from Cartegena you posted.
(And no, I'm not crossing any LE/CLASS lines here. Just stuff you can pick up on by reading all the other SPSS articles that folks post here).