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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin Y. Chen (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin M. Abney, both search and rescue swimmers assigned to the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), get pulled out of the water by an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter during a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 18, 2009.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin Y. Chen (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin M. Abney get pulled out of the water.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelvin Y. Chen (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin M. Abney, both search and rescue swimmers assigned to the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), get pulled out of the water by an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter during a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 18, 2009.

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