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Army Sgt. Nathan McLaughlin, right, rescues Army Staff Sgt. Christian Larsen, posing as a lost hiker, as they are hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. McLaughlin, a standardization instructor, and Larsen, a medic, are assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard.

Army Sgt. Nathan McLaughlin, right, rescues Army Staff Sgt. Christian Larsen, posing as a lost hiker, as they are hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. McLaughlin, a standardization instructor, and Larsen, a medic, are assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard.

Army Sgt. Nathan McLaughlin, right, rescues Army Staff Sgt. Christian Larsen, posing as a lost hiker, as they are hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a search and rescue training exercise on Camp W.G. Williams in Riverton, Utah, April 3, 2012. McLaughlin, a standardization instructor, and Larsen, a medic, are assigned to Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard.

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