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Members of the USS Blue Ridge search and rescue team boat look on as a fellow rescue swimmer is lifted from the water during a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 18, 2009. The Blue Ridge is the flagship for the U.S. 7th Fleet commander.

RESCUE EXERCISE

Members of the USS Blue Ridge search and rescue team boat look on as a fellow rescue swimmer is lifted from the water during a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 18, 2009. The Blue Ridge is the flagship for the U.S. 7th Fleet commander.

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