by Brandon Brewer | Jan 12, 2026 | AFRAS Awards, In the News, Search and Rescue (SAR)
NORFOLK, Va. – Awards for heroic rescues at sea will be bestowed on ship captains and crews and U.S. Coast Guard active duty, civilian and Auxiliary members at an Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 13. The...
by Brandon Brewer | Jan 10, 2026 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
Mr. Rodger P. Krass Jr., of U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York, is the recipient of the 2025 Geoff Pagels SAR Professionals of the Year Award for outstanding contribution to the SAR mission readiness of Coast Guard SAR Professionals. Krass is recognized for his...
by Brandon Brewer | Jan 10, 2026 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., Command Center team is the recipient of the Association for Rescue at Sea’s 2025 Geoff Pagels SAR Professionals of the Year award for Outstanding Professionalism in the Planning and Coordination of a SAR Mission. The...
by Brandon Brewer | Jan 10, 2026 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
The captain and crew of the Disney Cruise Line Disney Treasure will be awarded the Association for Rescue at Sea 2025 Cruise Ship Humanitarian Assistance Award for the rescue of four people 220 nautical miles southwest of Bermuda Nov. 10, 2024. The Disney Treasure was...
by Brandon Brewer | Jan 10, 2026 | AFRAS Awards, Search and Rescue (SAR)
“I’ve had 20-plus years at sea, and I’ve only experienced one other incident such as this. Cadets notified me they had sighted a small vessel in the water. We initiated protocol to investigate and realized they were signaling distress. In coordination with the Coast...
