by Wayne Spivak | Aug 19, 2019 | AFRAS Awards, In the News, Search and Rescue (SAR)
Join the association for rescue at sea officers and board of directors, senior leadership of the U.S. coast Guard, maritime industry leaders and hosts Congressmen Sean Patrick Maloney and Bob Gibbs for a reception and ceremony to honor a U.S. coast guard member, a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
