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U.S. Navy sailors from the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command perform high-value asset escort training aboard Inshore Boat Units 41 and 42 from Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron 4 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Aug. 25, 2006. The training is the final test for level-two combat coxswains and gunners to qualify for handling small, weapons-capable boats in defense of naval vessels transiting narrow waterways.

ESCORT TRAINING

U.S. Navy sailors from the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command perform high-value asset escort training aboard Inshore Boat Units 41 and 42 from Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron 4 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Aug. 25, 2006. The training is the final test for level-two combat coxswains and gunners to qualify for handling small, weapons-capable boats in defense of naval vessels transiting narrow waterways.

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