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Coast Guard Cmdr. Michael Brandhuber, left, delivers a pre-flight brief to Rear Adm. Roy Nash, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, and Capt. Samuel Walker, response chief for the Eighth Coast Guard District, while preparing for Hurricane Isaac recovery operations in New Orleans, Sept. 1, 2012. Brandhuber is the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

Coast Guard Cmdr. Michael Brandhuber, left, delivers a pre-flight brief to Rear Adm. Roy Nash, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, and Capt. Samuel Walker, response chief for the Eighth Coast Guard District, while preparing for Hurricane Isaac recovery operations in New Orleans, Sept. 1, 2012. Brandhuber is the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

Coast Guard Cmdr. Michael Brandhuber, left, delivers a pre-flight brief to Rear Adm. Roy Nash, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, and Capt. Samuel Walker, response chief for the Eighth Coast Guard District, while preparing for Hurricane Isaac recovery operations in New Orleans, Sept. 1, 2012. Brandhuber is the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

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