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U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Darcy McGrail mans an M240B machine gun aboard a U.S. Coast Guard 25-foot response boat during a liquefied natural gas security escort in the Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., on Jan. 11, 2007.

U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Darcy McGrail mans an M240B machine gun.

U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Darcy McGrail mans an M240B machine gun aboard a U.S. Coast Guard 25-foot response boat during a liquefied natural gas security escort in the Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., on Jan. 11, 2007.

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