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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kayla Lewis, right, casts off the forward mooring line of a 34-foot patrol boat during exercise Bold Alligator 2014 near Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, N.C., Nov. 1, 2014. Lewis is a boatswain's mate assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4.

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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kayla Lewis, right, casts off the forward mooring line of a 34-foot patrol boat during exercise Bold Alligator 2014 near Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, N.C., Nov. 1, 2014. Lewis is a boatswain's mate assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4.

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