Search and Rescue

Coast Guard Aviation has multi- mission responsibilities and performs them all very well but it is the Search and Rescue mission that defines Coast Guard Aviation. The aircrews have known the fist of fear and a mouth so dry it was hard to talk. They also have experienced the elation that comes with the knowledge that they have saved a person’s life. It transcends. They take justifiable pride in what they are able to accomplish and are humbled by what they could not. There is an aura of camaraderie and dedication.

These accounts represent only a few the heroic efforts shown by Coast Guard men and women who respond to the call.