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U.S. Navy Chief Justin Crowe, left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Wainscott and villagers carry an injured boy toward an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during Continuing Promise 2011 in Bajo Blay, Costa Rica, Aug. 10, 2011. Crowe and Wainscott are assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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U.S. Navy Chief Justin Crowe, left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Wainscott and villagers carry an injured boy toward an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during Continuing Promise 2011 in Bajo Blay, Costa Rica, Aug. 10, 2011. Crowe and Wainscott are assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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