Watercraft
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Cutters
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Originally, the Coast Guard used the term
cutter
in its traditional sense, as a type of small sailing ship.
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Larger cutters, over 181 feet (55 m) in length, are controlled by Area Commands, the Atlantic Area or Pacific Area. Smaller cutters come under control of district commands. Cutters usually carry a motor
surf boat
and/or a
rigid-hulled inflatable boat
.
Polar-class
icebreakers
(WAGB) carry an Arctic survey boat (ASB) and landing craft.
Any Coast Guard crew with officers or petty officers assigned has
law-enforcement
authority (14 USC Sec. 89) and can conduct armed boardings.
The Coast Guard operates 243 Cutters,
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defined as any vessel more than 65 feet (20 m) long, that has a permanently assigned crew and accommodations for the extended support of that crew.
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Class is currently being built and currently active
Class is currently being replaced
Class is currently being built and not yet active
Boats
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The Coast Guard operates about 1,402 boats, defined as any vessel less than 65 feet (20 meters) in length, which generally operate near shore and on inland waterways. The most common is 25 feet (7.6 m) long, of which the Guard has more than 350.
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The shortest is 13 feet (4.0 m).
- The Coast Guard boat fleet includes
Name
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Image
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Length
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Notes
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64-ft Aids to Navigation Boat
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64'
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64-ft Screening Vessel
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64'
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55-ft Aids to Navigation Boat
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55'
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52-ft Motor Life Boat
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52'
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The Coast Guard currently has four of the 52-foot motor life boats, a craft designed from the ground up to serve in challenging surf conditions. All four craft are currently assigned to surf stations in the
Pacific Northwest
. Also known as "Special Purpose Craft - Heavy Weather (SPC-HWX)"
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Buoy Utility Stern Loading
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49'
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47-ft Motor Life Boat
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47'
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The Coast Guard's 47-foot primary heavy-weather boat used for search and rescue as well as law enforcement and homeland security.
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Response Boat Medium
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45'
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The Coast Guard has signed a multi-year contract for 180 Response Boat ? Medium (RB-M) boats that were delivered starting in 2008 to replace the 41′ UTB boats. These aluminum boats are 45 feet (14 m) in length, with twin diesel engines (total 825 hp), are self-righting, have a four crew, six passenger capacity, are equippable with two .50 caliber machine guns, have an excellent fendering system, can achieve a top speed of 42 knots (78 km/h), and are capable of towing a 100-ton vessel in eight-foot seas. The boats were built by Kvichak Marine Industries of
Kent, Washington
and
Marinette Marine
of
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
.
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[16]
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Near-Shore Life Boat
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42'
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39-ft Tactical Training Boat
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39'
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38-ft Training Boat
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38'
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Arctic Survey Boat
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38'
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Only one of these vessels is used by the Coast Guard. It is kept on the
USCGC Healy
and is used for arctic studies.
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36-ft Boarding Team Delivery
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36'
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Long-Range Interceptor
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36'
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An 11-meter (36-foot) high-speed launch that can be launched from the rear ramps of the National Security Cutters.
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33-ft Law Enforcement
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33'
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Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat
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29'
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Response Boat- Small II
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29'
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A 29-foot replacement for the Defender Class, built by Metal Shark Boats.
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Cutterboat- Over the Horizon
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25'
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Transportable Security Boat
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25'
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25-foot (7.6 m) boat, based on the commercial version of the 25-foot (8 m) center-console
Boston Whaler
, suitable for work in
inland waters
, easily transportable by trailer. These are primarily used by
Port Security Units
for force protection in naval support areas abroad, as well as, ports of embarkation/debarkation in expeditionary areas. Most recently these boats and units were deployed to
Kuwait
in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom
. The durability, versatility, and mobility of these boats make them ideal for this type of operation.
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Response Boat- Small
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25'
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A high-speed boat, for a variety of missions, including
search and rescue
,
port security
and law enforcement duties. The original 25-foot boats built by
SAFE Boats International
(Secure All-around Flotation Equipped) of Port Orchard, Washington are being replaced by 29-foot boats built by
Metal Shark Boats
of Jeanerette, LA.
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24-ft Shallow Water
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24'
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24-ft Cutterboat - Aids to Navigation - Large
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23'
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Cutterboat- Large
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24'-19'
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22-ft Airboat
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22'
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20-ft Aids to Navigation Boat - Small
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21'
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20-ft Airboat
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20'
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18-ft Cutterboat - Aids to Navigation - Medium
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18'
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18-ft Airboat
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18'
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Cutterboat- Medium
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17'
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16-ft Aids to Navigation Boat ? Skiff
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16'
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Cutterboat- Small
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13'
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- USCG Auxiliary
Aircraft
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The Coast Guard operates about 210 aircraft. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as
Lockheed HC-130 Hercules
turboprops
, operate from Air Stations on long-duration missions. Helicopters (
Aerospatiale HH-65 Dolphin
and
Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk
) operate from Air Stations, Air Facilities, and flight-deck equipped cutters, and can rescue people or intercept smuggling vessels. Some special MH- designated helicopters are armed with guns and some are equipped with armor to protect against small arms fire.
The Coast Guard flies several aircraft types:
The Coast Guard was to purchase the
Bell Eagle Eye
UAV
as part of the
Deepwater
program, but this has been cancelled.
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The Coast Guard is currently preparing to launch a small UAS competition for the Legend-class NSC and future Heritage-class cutter.
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In addition to regular Coast Guard aircraft, privately owned
general aviation
aircraft are used by Coast Guard Auxiliarists for patrols and
search-and-rescue
missions.
Land vehicles
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Electronic Warfare Systems
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- Sea Commander Aegis derived combat system
- SCCS-Lite combat data system
- AN/SLQ-32B(V)2
Electronic Warfare System
- L-3 C4ISR suite
- AN/SPS-78 surface search and navigation radar
- AN/SPS-50 surface search radar
- AN/APX-123(V)1 IFF (ship automation provided by MTU Callosum)
Shipboard Weapon Systems
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Decoys and Countermeasures
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Weapons
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Communications
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Coast Guard
radio stations
cover a wide geographical area using
very high frequency
and
high frequency
radios. There are eight major radio stations covering long-range transmissions and an extensive network of VHF radio stations along the nation's coastline and inland rivers.
The current communication system is the
Rescue 21
. Rescue 21 is an advanced maritime
command, control, and communications
(C3) system.
The OMEGA navigation system and the
LORAN
-C transmitters outside the USA were run until 1994 also by the United States Coast Guard, and
LORAN
-C transmitters within the US were decommissioned in June 2010, with the exception of 5 CONUS
LORAN
-C stations that continue to be staffed due to international agreements.
See also
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References
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"10".
USCG Regulations]
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2006-07-23
. Retrieved
11 December
2006
.
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"Operational_Assets"
.
US Coast Guard
. Archived from
the original
on 16 October 2019
. Retrieved
16 October
2019
.
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"United States Coast Guard Regulations, Chapter 10 ? Classification and Status of Coast Guard Vessels"
(PDF)
. 1992. COMDINSTM 5000.3B.
Archived
(PDF)
from the original on 3 November 2013
. Retrieved
6 August
2013
.
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Ong, Peter (2022-04-21).
"USGC's Polar Security Cutters to Receive Mark 38 Mod 4 Guns"
.
Naval News
. Retrieved
2022-04-24
.
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"420-foot Icebreaker (WAGB)"
.
Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters: Cutters
. 28 June 2013.
Archived
from the original on 11 January 2010
. Retrieved
14 November
2009
.
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"National Security Cutter"
. United States Coast Guard
. Retrieved
20 October
2022
.
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"399-foot Polar Class Icebreakers (WAGB)"
.
Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters: Cutters
. 28 June 2013.
Archived
from the original on 10 January 2010
. Retrieved
14 November
2009
.
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"Alaska Lt. Gov. calls for US icebreakers"
.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
.
Associated Press
. 30 November 2011. Archived from
the original
on 20 January 2012.
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"Northrop Grumman to Supply Polar Ice Breaker Navigation Support for U.S. Coast Guard"
. 20 October 2013.
Archived
from the original on 21 October 2013
. Retrieved
21 October
2013
.
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Vavasseur, Xavier (2022-07-01).
"US Coast Guard Selects Austal USA to Continue OPC Production"
.
Naval News
.
Archived
from the original on 7 July 2022
. Retrieved
9 October
2022
.
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Ong, Peter (2022-01-13).
"U.S. Coast Guard Provides Information on the Offshore Patrol Cutter"
.
Naval News
. Retrieved
2022-01-16
.
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"Our Opinion: Shipbuilding issues should be solved"
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The Mississippi Press
. July 23, 2007. Archived from
the original
on January 24, 2013
. Retrieved
2007-07-23
.
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"Operational Assets"
.
U.S. Coast Guard
. Archived from
the original
on 28 February 2018
. Retrieved
8 August
2018
.
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"47-foot Motor Lifeboat"
.
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"Keel Laying Ceremony Marks Production of New Response Boat"
(Press release).
United States Coast Guard
. 2007-06-28. Archived from
the original
on 2007-10-11.
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"Archived copy"
.
Archived
from the original on 2009-10-15
. Retrieved
2009-10-15
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
)
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"Long Range Interceptor"
.
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"Transportable Port Security Boat"
. Archived from
the original
on 12 December 2012.
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"Defender-class boat Response Boat"
. Archived from
the original
on 5 August 2012.
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"28 DEFIANT ≫ Metal Shark"
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-09-27
. Retrieved
2013-09-24
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"USCG receives 11th regenerated C-27J"
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Naval Warfare International
. 20 February 2017.
Archived
from the original on 27 February 2017
. Retrieved
26 February
2017
.
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"USCG: C-27J Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft"
. Archived from
the original
on 2017-02-27
. Retrieved
2017-02-26
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Air Forces Monthly
.
Stamford
,
Lincolnshire
:
Key Publishing Ltd
. March 2013. p. 31.
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"EADS North America Delivers 15th HC-144A Ocean Sentry to U.S. Coast Guard"
. June 7, 2013.
Archived
from the original on June 14, 2013
. Retrieved
June 9,
2013
.
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"Airbus Group, Inc. delivers U.S. Coast Guard with its 16th HC-144A Ocean Sentry Aircraft"
. January 22, 2014.
Archived
from the original on February 1, 2014
. Retrieved
January 23,
2014
.
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https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090227054603/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webaircraft/C_37A.pdf
[
bare URL PDF
]
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HH-60J Jayhawk
Archived
2013-04-01 at the
Wayback Machine
at GlobalSecurity.org
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Read "Leveraging Unmanned Systems for Coast Guard Missions" at NAP.edu
. 2020.
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10.17226/25987
.
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.
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"Bell Eagle Eye HV-911"
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USCG
. Archived from
the original
on 2006-08-30
. Retrieved
2006-08-25
.
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"US Coast Guard to Launch sUAS Competition"
.
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. 23 January 2018.
Archived
from the original on 25 January 2018
. Retrieved
24 January
2018
.
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IHS Jane's Land Warfare Platforms Logistics, Support & Unmanned 2015-2016 AM
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http://militarypd.50webs.com/uscg2.html
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"Coast Guard fields new Glock pistols - UPI.com"
.
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. Retrieved
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.
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a
b
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"Port Security Unit 305 provides anti-terrorism force protection in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba"
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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"Everyday heroes tasked with extraordinary duties"
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. Retrieved
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PA2 John Edwards and PA1 Kimberly Smith, PADET Atlantic City. "Learning to Shoot All Over Again".
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.
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