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Air Force fire protection specialists Airmen 1st Class Tyler Parmelee, left, and Joseph Humphrey, practice victim recovery while conducting ice water rescue training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 4, 2017. Parmelee and Humphrey are assigned to the 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

Cold Water Recovery

Air Force fire protection specialists Airmen 1st Class Tyler Parmelee, left, and Joseph Humphrey, practice victim recovery while conducting ice water rescue training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 4, 2017. Parmelee and Humphrey are assigned to the 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

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