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Andersen Air Force Base

Airman 1st Class Taylor Ray and Senior Airman Michelle Ford, 36th Force Support Squadron, struggle to stay afloat during the Boat Blitz competition June 12, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The race, hosted by the Coral Reef Fitness Center, featured two-member teams on a makeshift plastic bottle boat to race the length of the pool twice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Smoot/Released)

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Bottle boat racers paddle their way to victory

Airman 1st Class Derrick Nelson and Airman Noah Wordell, 554th RED HORSE, use improvised paddles during the Boat Blitz competition June 12, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The race, hosted by the Coral Reef Fitness Center, featured two-member teams on a makeshift plastic bottle boat to race the length of the pool twice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Smoot/Released)

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Bottle boat racers paddle their way to victory

Staff Sgt. Zackery Traversie, 554th RED HORSE Squadron unit training manager, and Senior Airman Manuel Jimenez, 554th RHS engineering assistant, tape plastic bottles together to create a boat June 10, 2015, for the Boat Blitz at Andersen Air Force, Guam. One of the rules for the race was that boats can only consist of plastic bottles and tape; any other objects would have resulted in a disqualification. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Smoot/Released)

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Bottle boat racers paddle their way to victory

Published June 15, 2015
By Airman 1st Class Joshua Smoot
36th Wing Public Affairs

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Six teams participated in the Boat Blitz competition June 12, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.