AFRAS Awards
2025 Chairman’s Award Winner
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 June 25,...
2025 Vice Adm. Thomas Sargent III Gold Medal Award Winner
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....
MARINERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO RECEIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE AWARDS
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 about...
Capitol Hill Gold Medal Ceremony 2022 Photos
A U.S. Coast Guard aviation rescue swimmer, three U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists, the captains and crews of a tanker and a cruise ship and the captains and crews from a joint civilian/U.S. Coast Guard rescue were the honorees at the annual AFRAS Capitol Hill Gold Medal...
Rescuers to Receive Maritime Search and Rescue Awards
Awards for heroic rescues at sea will be bestowed on ship captains and crews and individual maritime professionals in an Association for Rescue at Sea ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Nov. 2nd. A U.S. Coast...