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Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts receives a hug from a resident after Hurricane Ike, Sept. 13, 2008. Mounts is assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

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Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts receives a hug from a resident after Hurricane Ike, Sept. 13, 2008. Mounts is assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

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