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U.S. Navy Seaman LaJoel T. Rouse, left, waits his turn to qualify on a .50 caliber machine gun as U.S. Navy 1st Class Kevin B. Miller loads rounds into the weapon aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf in the Atlantic Ocean, March 9, 2009.

CALIBER QUALIFICATIONS

U.S. Navy Seaman LaJoel T. Rouse, left, waits his turn to qualify on a .50 caliber machine gun as U.S. Navy 1st Class Kevin B. Miller loads rounds into the weapon aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf in the Atlantic Ocean, March 9, 2009.

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