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Navy Chief Mate Michael Eiker, right, demonstrates a Chameleon chemical detection unit to Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John Mirro during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Navy training boat USNS Hunter as part of the Bold Alligator exercise in Morehead City, N.C., Nov. 2, 2014. Eiker is an instructor and Mirro is a gunner's mate assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4.

Navy Chief Mate Michael Eiker, right, demonstrates a Chameleon chemical detection unit to Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John Mirro during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Navy training boat USNS Hunter as part of the Bold Alligator exercise in Morehead City, N.C., Nov. 2, 2014. Eiker is an instructor and Mirro is a gunner's mate assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4.

Navy Chief Mate Michael Eiker, right, demonstrates a Chameleon chemical detection unit to Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John Mirro during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Navy training boat USNS Hunter as part of the Bold Alligator exercise in Morehead City, N.C., Nov. 2, 2014. Eiker is an instructor and Mirro is a gunner's mate assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4.

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