21.   Military vessels and aircraft have followed it but have kept a distance, fearing rebel reprisals could endanger the passengers and crew.

22.   Not since World War II had military vessels had been mobilized for such a purpose, since MSA vessels had been used in the past instead.

23.   Soldiers in dress uniform posed for photos and helped children climb aboard military vessels.

24.   Soldiers posed for photos and helped children climb aboard military vessels.

25.   Some military vessels also were used by thousands of Albanians who fled the chaos across the Adriatic Sea to Italy.

26.   Since then, military vessels and aircraft have kept the ferry Iris Moana under surveillance from a distance, fearing rebel reprisals could endanger the passengers and crew.

27.   Since then, military vessels and aircraft have kept their distance from the ferry Iris Moana, fearing rebel reprisals could endanger the passengers and crew.

28.   The first ship bringing aid under the aegis of the international force docked after the military vessels.

29.   The ministry, which is in charge of domestic security, said a French military vessel had followed the ship Saturday but did not board it.

30.   The sea is otherwise dotted with a mix of commercial boats and military vessels.