SOUTH CHINA SEA—A rigid-hulled, inflatable boat deployed off the USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) approaches a group of Filipino fishermen in the South China Sea, Oct. 8. Five Filipino fishermen survived for five days aboard a makeshift boat after their fishing boat sank at sea and they were rescued by the crew of USNS Wally Schirra.

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