A Coast Guard 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement boat is pictured moored to a 64-foot Special Purpose Craft-Screening Vessel while both crews, from Maritime Force Protection Unit in Bangor, Wash., take a lunch break during exercise Northern Vindicator along the Hood Canal, Sept. 23, 2015. The SPC-LE is powered by three 300-horsepower outboard engines, generating a mix of speed and agility and creating a wide-array of maneuverability, which crews were able to utilize during the exercise to simulate a variety of possible of real-world encounter. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Office
A Coast Guard 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement boat is pictured moored to a 64-foot Special Purpose Craft-Screening Vessel while both crews, from Maritime Force Protection Unit in Bangor, Wash., take a lunch break during exercise Northern Vindicator along the Hood Canal, Sept. 23, 2015. The SPC-LE is powered by three 300-horsepower outboard engines, generating a mix of speed and agility and creating a wide-array of maneuverability, which crews were able to utilize during the exercise to simulate a variety of possible of real-world encounter. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross)
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