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NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY - POINT MUGU, Calif. (June 9, 2018) Service member triathletes enter the water for the first leg of their triathlon. During the 2018 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship, service members competed both individually and as a team to Olympic distances of a 1,500-meter (approximately 1-mile) open-water swim, followed by a 40-kilometer (24.8-mile) bike ride and finishing with a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) run. Additionally, teams compete for points and spots on the U.S. Armed Forces Team that will compete at the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Military Triathlon Championship in Lidkoping, Sweden from 15-18 June 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Paul Cox/Released)