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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Hopper demonstrates the technique for urgent needle decompression of the chest with Marines participating in a squad competition in Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania, Jan. 8, 2014. The procedure is commonly used to treat tension pneumothorax, a physical trauma to the chest causing the lung to collapse. Hopper is a hospital corpsman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14.

U.S. sailors operate pump during a damage control team exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility, Jan. 7, 2014. The Stout is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.