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Mariners, Aviators Selected for Maritime Search and Rescue Awards

by Brandon Brewer | Dec 15, 2020 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)

The Coast Guard and port partners respond to the 656-foot vehicle carrier GOLDEN RAY, in St. Simons Sound, near Brunswick, Georgia, Sept. 8, 2019. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrews and port partners rescued 20 people after it was reported the vessel was...

Annual Maritime SAR Awards: Vice Admiral Thomas R. Sargent III Gold Medal Award Winners

by Brandon Brewer | Sep 12, 2018 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)

We have selected two U.S. Coast Guard rescuers to receive the Vice Admiral Thomas R. Sargent III Gold Medal this year. Aviation Survival Technician First Class Matthew Silvious, of Air Station Clearwater, Fla., was the rescue swimmer aboard a Coast Guard helicopter...

Annual Maritime SAR Awards: Chairman’s Award Winner

by Brandon Brewer | Sep 12, 2018 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)

Three U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists, working with on-scene civilians with medical experience, medevaced a man with severe injuries at Quilomene Creek – part of Washington state’s Columbia River – Sep. 3, 2017. Auxiliarists Kathleen Goodwin (boat coxswain) and...

Annual Maritime SAR Awards: Amver Award Winner

by Brandon Brewer | Sep 12, 2018 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)

The Amver participating container ship Joanna saved 105 migrants off the coast of Libya Feb. 18, 2017. The crew of the Joanna was sailing west of Crete, on a voyage to Italy, when the ship was notified by rescue authorities in Malta of a possible migrant or fishing...

Annual Maritime SAR Awards: Cruise Ship Humanitarian Assistance Award Winner

by Brandon Brewer | Sep 12, 2018 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)

The captain and crew of Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Elation saved the life of a fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico, during Hurricane Irma, battling high winds and rough seas to do so, Sep. 10, 2017, and are the honorees for this year’s AFRAS Cruise Ship...
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AFRAS is a 501(C)3 Charity and is registered in the state of New York
©2012-2018 Association For Rescue At Sea, Inc.

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