Sailors fire blank rounds from an M240 machine gun aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) at a simulated enemy small boat during the antiterrorism training exercise Citadel Protect. Citadel Protect is a scheduled anti-terrorism exercise designed to be realistic by using blank gunfire from real weapons. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan Lockwood/Released)
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Lockwood
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