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A U.S. Navy sailor fires a .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire training exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 27, 2009. The sailor is assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Cole.

LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE

A U.S. Navy sailor fires a .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire training exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 27, 2009. The sailor is assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Cole.

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