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U.S. Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Tyler Nilsson (left) and Matthew Loeffler recover a practice torpedo in the Pacific Ocean on April 19, 2007. The torpedo was deployed from an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from Detachment 6, Helicopter Squadron Light 51 during an exercise. Nilsson and Loeffler are rescue swimmers aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82).

U.S. Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Tyler Nilsson and Matthew Loeffler recover a practice torpedo.

U.S. Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Tyler Nilsson (left) and Matthew Loeffler recover a practice torpedo in the Pacific Ocean on April 19, 2007. The torpedo was deployed from an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from Detachment 6, Helicopter Squadron Light 51 during an exercise. Nilsson and Loeffler are rescue swimmers aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82).

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