Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Welvaert, a boatswain's mate at Coast Guard Station Emerald Isle in Emerald Isle, North Carolina, releases a Kemp's ridley sea turtle into the Atlantic Ocean Feb. 3, 2017. Crew members from the station helped North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission personnel release four rehabilitated sea turtle back into the wild.

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