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A Coast Guardsman in a small vessel reaches down to a turtle tangled in netting in blue waters.

Turtle Tending

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Caitlyn Mason, assigned to the Coast Guard cutter Mohawk, rescues a sea turtle caught in a fishing net in the Atlantic Ocean, July 14, 2022, during a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations.

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