DATE: April 16, 2008 7:17:12 PM CDT

NEW ORLEANS- Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Barnes Reiny (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Degorge (right), both stationed at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans talk about the capabilities of the HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter with Cmdr. Mark B. Nelson, a WP-3D Orion research aircraft pilot with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration April 16, 2008.
The Coast Guard and NOAA personnel work closely together on a variety of missions from hurricane preparedness to environmental protection.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tom Atkeson
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