Then Tech. Sgt. Alfred Van Gieson, now Master Sgt., a reservist with the 48th Aerial Port Squadron, 624th Regional Support Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, coaches the crew of a six-man outrigger canoe of the Leeward Kai Canoe Club in the waters off Kalaianaole Beach Park in Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug 11, 2016. Van Gieson is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a world champion outrigger, or Va'a, paddler and the coach at the Leeward Kai Canoe Club, which was founded by his grandparents. ( Air Force photo by Eddins Jr.)

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