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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Samuel VanHouten, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, secures a line which will be used as an anchor for lowering a litter containing a wounded survivor off the roof of a training structure in a mass casualty drill at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Miss., Jan. 26, 2007.

SECURING A LINE

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Samuel VanHouten, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, secures a line which will be used as an anchor for lowering a litter containing a wounded survivor off the roof of a training structure in a mass casualty drill at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Miss., Jan. 26, 2007.

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