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A sailor stands watch as the coxswain aboard a Mark VI patrol boat.

Patrol Boat

Navy Ensign Ben McCrossan, right, stands watch as the coxswain aboard a Mark VI patrol boat during a training exercise in Apra Harbor, Guam, Aug. 16, 2018. McCrossan is assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Ray Nuñez Jr.

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