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Nov 3, 2009

Corporal David Mortensen, a scout sniper with the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 26, explains how to aim the M40 sniper rifle to Kieran Keenaghan, a member of the NYPD, during a special visitation aboard USS New York for first responders and 9/11 victims' families, Nov. 3, 2009. There are 7 ½ tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center forged into the ship’s bow. The Marines at the event are part of SPMAGTF-26, a unit formed to support the commissioning of the USS New York, Nov. 7, 2009.

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