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Two students at the Navy Rescue Swimmer School are winched aboard an SH-3H Sea King helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 16 (HC-16) during open-water exercises on the day before graduation. Those students who successfully complete the four-week course will become certified search and rescue swimmers

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During a class at the Navy Rescue Swimmers School, a student draws a deep breath as he attemps to "save" a "downed pilot" in the pool. Those students who successfully complete the four-week course, the students will become certified search and rescue swimmers

Holding tightly his mask and buoyancy vest, a student from the Navy Rescue Swimmer School leaps into the bay from an SH-3H Sea King helicopter of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 16 (HC-16). The students make two helicopter jumps and several practice rescues on the day before they graduate from the school after nearly four weeks of training. Those studentsthat graduate will become certified search and rescue swimmers

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Base: Pensacola Bay

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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