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U.S. Coast Guardsmen practice hoisting procedures with an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter off the coast of Boston in the Atlantic Ocean, June 23, 2015. The Coast Guardsmen are rescue swimmers and aircrewmen assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass.

U.S. Coast Guardsmen practice hoisting procedures with an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter off the coast of Boston in the Atlantic Ocean, June 23, 2015. The Coast Guardsmen are rescue swimmers and aircrewmen assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass.

U.S. Coast Guardsmen practice hoisting procedures with an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter off the coast of Boston in the Atlantic Ocean, June 23, 2015. The Coast Guardsmen are rescue swimmers and aircrewmen assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass.

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