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Petty Officer 3rd Class Keith Tourney, a Search and Rescue swimmer, is hoisted from the water up to a CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise in the Red Sea on May 9, 1996. Tourney is an Aviation Structural Mechanic attached to Helicopter Support Squadron 8, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va. The aircraft was flying from the deck of ammunition ship USS Mount Baker (AE 34).

Navy search and rescue swimmer is hoisted from the Red Sea.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Keith Tourney, a Search and Rescue swimmer, is hoisted from the water up to a CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise in the Red Sea on May 9, 1996. Tourney is an Aviation Structural Mechanic attached to Helicopter Support Squadron 8, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va. The aircraft was flying from the deck of ammunition ship USS Mount Baker (AE 34).

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