Machinery Technician 1st Class Philip Richards loads an unlighted buoy on to the deck of ANT Detroit's new 26-foot trailerable aids-to-navigation boat (TANB) in Lake St. Clair Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Richards removed the buoy to minimize damage from the ice as part of Operation Fall Retrieve in the Ninth District, which is the largest domestic buoy recovery operation in the United States. (Photo by Petty Officer Bill Colclough/US Coast Guard)
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