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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Smith, a pararescueman assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group, conducts search and rescue operations for residents in Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 13, 2008, following the landfall of Hurricane Ike.

Senior Airman Brandon Smith conducts search and rescue operations.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Smith, a pararescueman assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group, conducts search and rescue operations for residents in Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 13, 2008, following the landfall of Hurricane Ike.

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