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Date: December 04, 2008

Contact: Public Affairs Det. Baltimore

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Maryland Coast Guard station trains with air crew from New Jersey

 

(From left to right) Fireman Joshua L. Graham spots Petty Officer 2nd Class John Z. Gogul while awaiting the trail line on a 41-foot utility boat from Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Md., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. This training is conducted so rescue crews can become more proficient at transferring victims from a boat to a helicopter. U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandyn Hill.

(From left to right) Fireman Joshua L. Graham spots Petty Officer 2nd Class John Z. Gogul aboard a 41-foot utility boat from Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Md., during helicopter hoist training operations  Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008.  This training is conducted so rescue crews can become more proficient at transferring victims from a boat to a helicopter. U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandyn Hill.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark E. Espinoza, a basic aircrewman from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., lowers a trail line down to crew members from Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Md., while Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert J. Hooper supervises the operation Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City conducts helicopter hoist operations twice a week. U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandyn Hill.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark E. Espinoza, a basic aircrewman from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., lowers a trail line down to crew members from Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Md., while Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert J. Hooper supervises the operation Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008.  Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City conducts helicopter hoist operations twice a week.  U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandyn Hill.
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Z. Gogul, a boatcrew member from Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Md., pulls in the trail line to a stokes litter Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Conducting hoist training is a requirement for Coast Guard members to become a qualified member of a rescue boat crew. U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandyn Hill.
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Z. Gogul, a boat crew member from Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, Md., pulls in the trail line to a stokes litter Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Conducting hoist training is a requirement for Coast Guard members to become a qualified member of a rescue boat crew.  U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandyn Hill.

 

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