Lt. Eric Casida, pilot (left), and Lt. Kevin Knaup, co-pilot (right), fly toward Oahu, Hawaii, from Kona, Hawaii, aboard an HC-130 Hercules from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point April 14, 2016. This transport of seven monk seals was Knaup's first flight since returning from training on the Hercules ( Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers/Released - National Marine Fisheries Permit No. 18786)

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Keywords: endangered, lmr, monk, noaa, species, tmmc, uscg