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U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Daryl Schaffer of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, marks the back of a map icon as part of his participation in a large-scale map exercise at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2008.

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Daryl Schaffer of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, marks the back of a map icon as part of his participation in a large-scale map exercise at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2008.

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Daryl Schaffer of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, marks the back of a map icon as part of his participation in a large-scale map exercise at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2008.

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