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Navy divers, sailors awarded for MH-53E recovery and salvage

Adm. Bill Gortney, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, presented the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to 19 Sailors from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 for their efforts after an MH-53E went down off the coast of Cape Henry on Jan. 8.

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 6, 2014) Adm. Bill Gortney, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, awards the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Navy Diver 1st Class Kevin Jacobs, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MUDSU2), for his role in salvaging last month’s downed MH-53E helicopter and recovering a missing aviator. MDSU 2 is an expeditionary mobile unit homeported at Joint Expeditionary Base, Little Creek-Ft. Story in Virginia Beach, Va. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A group of sailors and Navy divers responsible for salvaging a downed MH-53E helicopter and recovering a missing aviator in the wreckage has been awarded.