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A Navy Search and Rescue swimmer is hoisted back on board a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter.
A Navy Search and Rescue swimmer is hoisted back on board a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 after assisting in a rescue and assistance mission in the Gulf Coast area on Aug. 31, 2005. The Seahawk is assigned to the USS Bataan (LHD 5), which is currently operating in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 100 miles south of New Orleans, La. Department of Defense units are mobilizing as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.