U.S. Army aircrew recovers buoy [Image 3 of 4]

GARIBALDI, OR, UNITED STATES

12.12.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read      

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

An aircrew aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., flies up the northern Oregon Coast carrying a 14,000 pound buoy toward the Coast Guard base at Tongue Point in Astoria, Ore.,Dec. 12, 2016.

The Chinook aircrew assisted the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Fir in recovering the beached buoy from just south of the entrance to Tillamook Bay.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read.

• Date Taken: 12.12.2016
• Date Posted: 12.12.2016 20:55
• Photo ID: 3053054
• VIRIN: 161212-G-AW789-1084
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 5.82 MB
• Location: GARIBALDI, OR, US
• Hometown: ASTORIA, OR, US
• Hometown: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, US