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Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point assist with offloading crates for two female Hawaiian Monk Seal off of an HC-130 Hercules airplane in Kona, Hawaii, March 18, 2015. Coast Guard crew membe More

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point,

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, prepare to load two female Hawaiian Monk Seals onto an HC-130 Hercules airplane at Kona, Hawaii, March 18, 2015. Coast Guard crew members, National Ocean More

Lt. Andrew Kauffman, an HC-130 Hercules airplane pilot

Lt. Andrew Kauffman, an HC-130 Hercules airplane pilot from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, observes the onload of a Hawaiian Monk Seal in Kona, Hawaii, March 18, 2015. Coast Guard crew members, National More

A Hawaiian Monk Seal peeks out of her crate before

A Hawaiian Monk Seal peeks out of her crate before being safely loaded onto a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane in Kona, Hawaii, March 18, 2015. Coast Guard crew members, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm More

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point,

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Land and Natural Resources pose for a photo after safely loading two female Hawaiia More

Brenda Becker, a Hawaiian Monk Seal research program

Brenda Becker, a Hawaiian Monk Seal research program scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, lays down absorbent pads for two female Hawaiian Monk Seals on an HC-130 Hercules airplane More

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point assist with offloading a Hawaiian Monk Seal off an HC-130 Hercules airplane at Midway Atoll, March 18, 2015. Coast Guard crew members, National Oceanic an More

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point assist with offloading two female Hawaiian Monk Seals off an HC-130 Hercules airplane at Midway Atoll, March 18, 2015. Coast Guard crew members, National More

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point,

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Land and Natural Resources assist with offloading a More

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point,

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Land and Natural Resources assist with offloading a More