Search and Rescue
Missing Men
On a recent training run at San Diego, an AAV vehicle lost several of its crew members. The search went on for 40 hours, but they have not yet been found and are presumed dead. From the article: The seven Marines and one sailor who’ve been missing since their amphibious assault vehicle sank in the […]
Air Force Jet Down Over Atlantic
F-15C Eagle Just in, a US Air Force F-15C Eagle has been reported lost over the North Sea. The cause unknown at this time, as is the pilot’s location and condition. The aircraft was on a routine training mission when the incident occured. Mick sends. US Air Force F-15C aircraft crashes into North Sea, condition […]
Rescue swimmer awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for swimming through hell to rescue 59 others
HOUSTON, TX – AUGUST 28: A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheel chair on board after lifting a person to safety from the area that was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards […]
Coasties fish downed pilot from the Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard for the win once again. Mr. Hodges is fortunate, to say the least, that he was rescued in such a short period of time. A large part of that was him having emergency gear to aid his rescuers. From the article: The Coast Guard rescued a pilot after his small, single-engine plane crashed […]
Missing Fort Carson soldier found alive
ChipNASA sends us a link about a soldier who became lost during an Expert Field Medical Badge competition. Seems he became disoriented on Fort Carson’s Land Navigation Course, and disappeared for some 36 hours before nearly becoming road kill on U.S. Highway 115. While the soldier’s name and rank wasn’t specifically mentioned.. From the article: […]
Royal Thai Navy SEALs Welcomed to NYC
Who can forget the June and July 2018 cave rescue of members of a junior football team trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand? Twelve members of the team, aged eleven to sixteen, and their 25-year-old assistant coach entered the cave on 23 June after soccer practice. Shortly afterwards, heavy […]
Navy crew ejects from strike fighter over Philippine Sea
Crew members from the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan on July 6 direct an F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 102. The Reagan was sailing the Philippine Sea. (MC2 Kenneth Abbate/Navy) …cause of mechanical glitch under investigation By: Carl Prine An F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter assigned to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan suffered what […]
One of the greatest Coast Guard rescues to be celebrated
The Navy Times reports that, beginning Aug. 13, the historical association is planning five days of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mirlo rescue — one of the most daring in Coast Guard history. Mirlo, a British tanker loaded with gasoline was torpedoed seven miles off the shore from Chicamacomico, North Carolina. The […]
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