Search and Rescue Operations Conclude in Arabian Gulf for Missing Sailor

Courtesy Photo | ARABIAN GULF - An HM-53 Sea Dragon from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM 15) conducts Search and Rescue operations after a Sailor fell out of an MH-53 helicopter today, Oct. 4, at approximately noon local time, during a regularly scheduled training mission in the Central Arabian Gulf, off the coast of Saudi Arabia. The body of the Sailor was recovered approximately 3:25 p.m., local time. Official U.S. Navy photo by Photographer' Mate 2nd Class Phillip A. Nickerson Jr.  

USCENTCOM, AT SEA

10.04.2005

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ARABIAN GULF -- Coalition air and surface forces concluded Search and Rescue (SAR) operations in the Arabian Gulf Oct. 4, at approximately 3:25 p.m., local, after locating the body of a Sailor who fell out of a U.S. Navy MH-53 helicopter during a regularly scheduled training mission in the Central Arabian Gulf, off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

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• Date Taken: 10.04.2005
• Date Posted: 10.04.2005 15:48
• Story ID: 3188
• Location: USCENTCOM, AT SEA