YOKOSUKA, Japan - Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Martinelli (right), an electrician's mate from Chicago, Ill., works with Ensign Meagan Snyder (center), of Park City, Utah and Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Mixon (left), of Pasadena, Calif., to plug a ruptured pipe during a damage control rodeo aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Rush Friday, Sept. 11, 2009.
Crewmembers of the Rush, which is homeported in Honolulu, Hawaii, participated in a six-station rodeo designed to apply their damage control knowledge to simulated emergency situations.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young)