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Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Casondra Minifield, a reservist boatswain’s mate, takes part in training on the Patapsco River in Maryland, May 21, 2016. Minifield, graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 2016, and is now a graduate student at Marymount University in Virginia. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando

Minifield

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Casondra Minifield, a reservist boatswain’s mate, takes part in training on the Patapsco River in Maryland, May 21, 2016. Minifield, graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 2016, and is now a graduate student at Marymount University in Virginia. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando

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