USS Stout Drops Anchor

Officer from the U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Stout, wearing white service cap, and Georgian Navy sailors, wearing black caps, salute during a welcome ceremony for the USS Stout anchoring in the Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi this week. USS Stout dropped anchor Tuesday in Georgia’s Black Sea waters ahead of a joint naval exercises widely seen as a show of American support for the former Soviet nation that was crushed in last year’s war with Russia. (AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov)

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