A crew member steps aboard the frigate F 218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of the German Navy before the ship left its home port in Wilhelmshaven, northwestern Germany, for the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) on January 4, 2023. The Brandenburg class vessel will join the NATO VJTF on the northern flank in the North Atlantic and on the Baltic Sea as flagship of the new German commander of the mission. (Photo by Focke Strangmann/AFP Photo)
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