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This US Navy photo obtained February 3, 2017 shows The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67)as it fires a Mark 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise on February 2, 2017. Cole is deployed in the US 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The US Navy has sent a destroyer to waters off Yemen in response to an attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on a Saudi frigate, a defense official said ON fEBRUARY 3, 2017. The USS Cole, which had been conducting operations in the Gulf, is now stationed in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off southwestern Yemen, the official said. / AFP PHOTO / Navy Office of Information / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO /US NAVY/MC3 BRIANNA K. GREEN - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS