Rescue swimmer
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Rescue swimmer is a qualification given to rescue specialists, most commonly in the service of the military. Rescue swimmers usually are charged with the rescue, assessment, and rendering of medical a
U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer
A USCG petty officer pulls a pregnant woman from her flooded New Orleans home.
A U.S. Navy sailor swims toward a stranded boat near Guam in 2019
Surface Search and Rescue Swimmer assisting in the transfer of midshipmen
Aviation Survival Technician
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Aviation Survival Technician is a rating or job specialty in the United States Coast Guard. Rescue swimmer is the collateral duty or aircrew position of the AST. They are trained at the U.S. Coast Gua
Rescue swimmer
…specialized position is extremely challenging. Arguably the most widely recognized team of rescue-swimmer operators, the United States Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician (AST)/Helicopter Rescue Swimmer team is trained to respond in extreme rescue situations, such as medical evacuations, downed aviators, sinking vessels…
U.S. Coast Guard HH-3F Pelican hoists a swimmer, the first helicopter used for rescue swimming.
Coast Guard rescue swimmers from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City train off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
AST demonstrating a rescue.
A rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is hoisted back into an HH-60 Jayhawk after retrieving a rescue training dummy.