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Lance Cpls. Eric Bruning, left, and Vinson Gallardo drop a life raft containing food, water and other survival aids from a KC-130J Hercules aircraft to two men aboard a skiff during a search and rescue mission June 6. The aircraft aided U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam with a search-and-rescue mission approximately 60 nautical miles northwest of Chuuk Island, one of the Federated States of Micronesia. The Coast Guard was notified June 5 at 3:17 p.m. that two mariners piloting a 23-foot skiff were overdue to Chuuk Island and initiated a search and rescue mission. The Marines were asked to assist in the search with available air assets that evening and launched the aircraft the next morning, spotting the mariners at 2:00 p.m. The Marines coordinated with the Coast Guard to have a rescue vessel arrive and transport the mariners to Chuuk Island. VMGR-152 is part of Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force and is currently in support of Exercise Geiger Fury 2012. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. J. Gage Karwick)
| Date Taken: | 06.06.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 06.08.2012 03:20 |
| Photo ID: | 597213 |
| VIRIN: | 120606-M-BC491-342 |
| Resolution: | 4752x3168 |
| Size: | 4.81 MB |
| Location: | APRA HARBOR, GU |
| Web Views: | 102 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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