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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sam Prescott watches as pararescue jumpers exit a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft during exercise Operation Orange Flag 2015 at Cape Cod Air Sation, Cape Cod, Mass., March 31, 2015. Prescott is a pararescue jumper assigned to the New York National Guard's 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sam Prescott watches as pararescue jumpers exit a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft during exercise Operation Orange Flag 2015 at Cape Cod Air Sation, Cape Cod, Mass., March 31, 2015. Prescott is a pararescue jumper assigned to the New York National Guard's 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sam Prescott watches as pararescue jumpers exit a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft during exercise Operation Orange Flag 2015 at Cape Cod Air Sation, Cape Cod, Mass., March 31, 2015. Prescott is a pararescue jumper assigned to the New York National Guard's 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing.

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