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Jaeda Sichel, 18, of Aspen Colo., and Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Skarra, an aviation survival technician stationed at Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., pose for a photograph while Sichel trained to be an honorary Coast Guard rescue swimmer near Mobile, June 7, 2009.
The Make A Wish Foundation coordinated the day-long visit for Sichel, who is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Sichel completed training in a helicopter flight simulator, pool training with Coast Guard aviation survival technicians and participated in a real rescue swimmer training mission with an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew.
U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Rady |
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Jaeda Sichel, 18, of Aspen Colo., and Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Skarra, an aviation survival technician stationed at Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., are hoisted out of the water by an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter during her training to become an honorary Coast Guard rescue swimmer near Mobile, July 7, 2009.
The Make A Wish Foundation coordinated the day-long visit for Sichel, who is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Sichel completed training in a helicopter flight simulator, pool training with Coast Guard aviation survival technicians and participated in a real rescue swimmer training mission with an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew.
U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson |
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Jaeda Sichel, 18, of Aspen Colo., learns how to climb into a rescue basket with Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Jobs and Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Ciekot, both aviation survival technicians stationed at Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., in the training center's swimming pool as part of her training to become an honorary Coast Guard rescue swimmer, July 7, 2009.
The Make A Wish Foundation coordinated the day-long visit for Sichel, who is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Sichel completed training in a helicopter flight simulator, pool training with Coast Guard aviation survival technicians and participated in a real rescue swimmer training mission with an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew.
U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson |
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Jaeda Sichel, 18, of Aspen Colo., swims with Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Jobs, an aviation survival technician at the Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., at the training center's swimming pool as part of her training to become an honorary Coast Guard rescue swimmer, July 7, 2009.
The Make A Wish Foundation coordinated the day-long visit for Sichel, who is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Sichel completed training in a helicopter flight simulator, pool training with Coast Guard aviation survival technicians and participated in a real rescue swimmer training mission with an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew.
U.S. Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson |
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