CORDOVA, Alaska - Petty Officer 3rd Class Erich Klinger, an aviation survival technician, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Gustaveson, an aviation maintenance technician, Lt. Jon Bartel, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot and an Air National Guard pararescueman from the 212th Rescue Squadron transport one of two injured people from a Coast Guard Jayhawk in Cordova to an Air National Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft for further transport to Anchorage May 6, 2011. The helicopter crews in Cordova are forward deployed from Kodiak as they do each summer to mitigate the risks posed from increased fishing and tourist traffic in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Gordon.
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