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This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Cameron Kirkconnell, a world-record spearfisher who works as a yacht broker with Ikonic Yachts, based in Miami. This story has been edited for length and clarity.When I was really young, somebody asked me what I wanted to do for a…

USCG TACLET SOUTH OPA-LOCKA, Florida — Inside the Coast Guard’s “ship in a box,” elite Tactical Law Enforcement Teams rehearse the split-second decisions that make or break a real drug interdiction.The Coast Guard is seizing record drug hauls at sea. To keep pace, its elite boarding teams train inside a…