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U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Alex Carlson explains functions and specifications as a Timor-Leste Defense Force sailor tries out an M-14 rifle aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) while in port in Dili, Timor-Leste, on Jan. 28, 2009. The Lassen, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 and forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, is in Dili for a port visit and is engaging in goodwill activities.

Gunnery Sgt. Alex Carlson explains functions and specifications.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Alex Carlson explains functions and specifications as a Timor-Leste Defense Force sailor tries out an M-14 rifle aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) while in port in Dili, Timor-Leste, on Jan. 28, 2009. The Lassen, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 and forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, is in Dili for a port visit and is engaging in goodwill activities.

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