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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Savage holds the hoist cable aboard an HH-60 Jay Hawk helicopter during a training mission in Clearwater, Fla., Nov. 2, 2011. Savage is an aviation maintenance technician assigned to Air Station Clearwater.

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Savage holds the hoist cable aboard an HH-60 Jay Hawk helicopter during a training mission in Clearwater, Fla., Nov. 2, 2011. Savage is an aviation maintenance technician assigned to Air Station Clearwater.

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