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Navy Seaman Apprentice Sean Costello loads a .50-caliber machine gun aboard a riverine assault craft at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Sept. 8, 2006. U.S. Navy sailors with Riverine Group One are conducting high-speed, small unit riverine craft training in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

Seaman Apprentice Sean Costello loads a .50-caliber machine gun.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Sean Costello loads a .50-caliber machine gun aboard a riverine assault craft at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Sept. 8, 2006. U.S. Navy sailors with Riverine Group One are conducting high-speed, small unit riverine craft training in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

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