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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin Y. Chen and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin M. Abney, search and rescue swimmers assigned to USS Blue Ridge, get pulled from the water by an SH-60F Seahawk rescue hook during a training scenario in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 18, 2009.

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin Y. Chen and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin M. Abney, search and rescue swimmers assigned to USS Blue Ridge, get pulled from the water by an SH-60F Seahawk rescue hook during a training scenario in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 18, 2009.

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