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A Dominican sailor fires a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore during a gunnery event as part of exercise Tradewinds 2015 in the Caribbean Sea, June 4, 2015. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise aimed at strengthening the capacity of Caribbean nations to respond to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and transnational organized crime.

A Dominican sailor fires a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore during a gunnery event as part of exercise Tradewinds 2015 in the Caribbean Sea, June 4, 2015. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise aimed at strengthening the capacity of Caribbean nations to respond to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and transnational organized crime.

A Dominican sailor fires a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore during a gunnery event as part of exercise Tradewinds 2015 in the Caribbean Sea, June 4, 2015. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise aimed at strengthening the capacity of Caribbean nations to respond to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and transnational organized crime.

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