ARABIAN SEA -- Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell perform one of several helicopter in-flight refueling runs April 6, 2009. HIFR runs allow experienced crewmembers to keep thier qualifications current and train new crewmembers.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell is curerently part of the USS Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group on a Western Pacific and Persian Gulf deployment. Boutwell's deployment will take nearly six months and cover a route circumnavigating the globe.
(Coast Guard photo/by Petty Officer 3rd Class David R. Marin)
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