ASTORIA, Ore. - Coast Guard Capt. Leonard Tumbarello (right), Sector Columbia River Deputy Sector Commander, explains to Matt Gasparich (left), managing director for Maritime Training Services Inc. in Seattle, proper procedures for retrieving persons in the water before a joint training excercise with the Columbia River Bar Pilots in Hammond, Ore., Nov. 8, 2010.
The Coast Guard and Columbia River Bar Pilots began conducting the semi-annual joint drill in 2009 and continue to practice man-overboard retrieval techniques to ensure that procedures for locating a person in the water will run smoothly as the they work together.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn
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