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U.S. Navy sailors serving as gunners mates aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain fire a .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean, July 25, 2009. The Lake Champlain is on a scheduled deployment as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility.

MACHINE GUN GUNNER

U.S. Navy sailors serving as gunners mates aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain fire a .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean, July 25, 2009. The Lake Champlain is on a scheduled deployment as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility.

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