A United States Coast Guard H-60 Jayhawk helicopter retrieves a rescue swimmer as part of a demonstration of search and rescue operations with a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in the waters of the Thames River off the academy waterfront Monday, July 13, 2015. The demonstrations, by both the Jayhawk out of Cape Cod and an H-65 Dolphin out of Atlantic City, were followed by a static display on the academy's lower field for the benefit of high school seniors attending the Academy Introductory Mission (AIM) Program this week. The AIM Program brings high school seniors interested in the academy in for a week of orientation to cadet life and introduction to the Coast Guard mission. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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High school seniors participating in the United States Coast Guard Academy's Academy Introductory Mission (AIM) Program wait for their chance to get a closer look at two Coast Guard helicopters, an H-65 Dolphin out of air station Atlantic City, foreground, and an H-60 Jayhawk helicopter out of air station Cape Cod, not pictured, on the lower athletic field at the academy Monday, July 13, 2015. The two helicopters demonstrated search and rescue operations with a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in the waters of the Thames River off the academy waterfront. The demonstrations were followed by a static display of the aircraft on the academy's lower field. The AIM Program brings high school seniors interested in the academy in for a week of orientation to cadet life and introduction to the Coast Guard mission. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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United States Coast Guard pilot Lt. jg. Alex Webber, holds one of the rotors of his H-65 Dolphin helicopter against the rotor wash of a landing H-60 Jayhawk helicopter on the lower athletic field at the United States Coast Guard Academy Monday, July 13, 2015. The two Coast Guard helicopters, the H-65 Dolphin out of air station Atlantic City and the H-60 Jayhawk out of air station Cape Cod, demonstrated search and rescue operations with a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in the waters of the Thames River off the academy waterfront followed by a static display on the academy's lower field, for the benefit of high school seniors attending the Academy Introductory Mission (AIM) Program this week. The AIM Program brings high school seniors interested in the academy in for a week of orientation to cadet life and introduction to the Coast Guard mission. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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