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The Search and Rescue unit aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., conducted its second rescue mission of the week Wednesday. SAR teamed up with agencies from Riverside County, Calif., to successfully rescue a person that was stranded on top of a car that had been swept off Highway 78 by a flood. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Border Patrol) - The Search and Rescue unit aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., conducted its second rescue mission of the week Wednesday. SAR teamed up with agencies from Riverside County, Calif., to successfully rescue a person that was stranded on top of a car that had been swept off Highway 78 by a flood. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Border Patrol)

Navy Seaman Curt Hansen, a search and rescue medical technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and a native of Burlington, Ky., goes over proper harnessing procedures before being lifted up into the air by a SAR UH-1N Huey helicopter during a routine training exercise conducted at Ledge on the River, just northeast of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.,Thursday. - Navy Seaman Curt Hansen, a search and rescue medical technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and a native of Burlington, Ky., goes over proper harnessing procedures before being lifted up into the air by a SAR UH-1N Huey helicopter during a routine training exercise conducted at Ledge on the River, just northeast of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.,Thursday.