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Twice a yr, the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) program holds a multinational training exercise. As the ship was towed down the Anacostia River to the Potomac River, a Washington, D.C., fireboat saluted her with a water cannon display, and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling performed the U.S. Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02) was a serious warfare sport exercise carried out by the United States Armed Forces under United States Joint Forces Command in mid-2002, working from 24 July to 15 August. All arms were recalled to the ship throughout the night time to begin the assembly of the ship in preparation for deployment as an ASW screen ship for the Marine Landing Battalion stationed off the Suez in response to the Soviet naval buildup throughout the Arab-Israeli struggle. A formal departure ceremony for the ship hosted by Naval Support Activity Washington, attended by greater than 50 former Barry crew members and featuring a speech by retired Rear Admiral Sam Cox, director of the Naval History and Heritage Command, came about on 17 October 2015 within the Cold War gallery at the Washington Navy Yard.
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