Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jason Gray and Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Evan Zumdick secure a jacketed fossil of Cornwallis in a sling before signaling a crewman operating a modified forklift. Naval energy and ingenuity allowed paleontologists to get heavy fossils off the beach just hours before a storm hit.
Photo by MCSA Jesse A. Hyatt, U.S. Navy photographer