by Brandon Brewer | Jan 10, 2026 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
The Association for Rescue at Sea’s 2025 Chairman’s Award is awarded to U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarist Jason Leck, of Auxiliary Flotilla 8-5, in recognition of his actions that resulted in rescuing a person in distress in Brigantine, New Jersey, on the night of...
by Brandon Brewer | Jan 10, 2026 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
The 2025 Association for Rescue at Sea Vice Admiral Thomas Sargent III Gold Medal is awarded to Aviation Survival Technician 2nd Class James Chandler, of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston, for his heroic actions saving eight lives on the night of May 28, 2024....
by Brandon Brewer | Feb 6, 2025 | In the News
FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN TAKES REIGNS OF MARITIME NON-PROFIT, NOTABLE NAMES JOIN BOARD OF DIRECTORS NORFOLK, Va. – The Honorable Peter DeFazio, long-serving U.S. Congressman from Oregon, has joined the Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS), taking command as the...
by Brandon Brewer | Apr 7, 2024 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
Mim Mim – and her humans – was amongst the hundreds of lives saved at sea during 2022 and 2023, with their rescuers being honored for their actions at this year’s Association for Rescue at Sea Capitol Hill Gold Medal Ceremony in Washington DC, April 9. Read more...
by Brandon Brewer | May 25, 2023 | Donations, Search and Rescue (SAR)
Editor’s Note: The following is from our friends at St. Maarten Sea Rescue Foundation. SSRF volunteers conduct maritime search and rescue operations in the Caribbean and suffered losses to important equipment and facilities when Hurricane Irma, a Category 5...
