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...
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...
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...
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda L. Fagan delivers remarks.AFRAS President Captain Joe Re (USCG ret.) delivers remarks and opens the search and rescue awards ceremony.Captain Nikolaos Lazakis, Greek Naval Attaché, accepted the Amver Award on behalf of the captain and crew of the motor vessel Aristofaniz.Admiral Fagan, the Honorable Anna Toliou, Greek Embassy Economic and Commercial Office, Captain Nikolaos Lazakis, Greek Naval Attaché, Beverly Howard, Amver Program Analyst, and AFRAS President Captain Joe Re (USCG ret.) during the presentation for the Amver Award to the captain and crew of the motor vessel Aristofaniz.AFRAS Vice President and Chief Information Officer Wayne Spivak.U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan, Captain Nicholas Pagonis, Vice President Marine Operations, Royal Caribbean Group, Captain Phillip Lellau, Chief Safety Officer of Mein Schiff 1, Captain Omar Caruana, Master of Mein Schiff 1, AFRAS President Captain Joe Re (USCG ret.), Captain Sebastian Naneder, Director of Marine Operations and Fleet Captain, Royal Caribbean Group, and Lieutenant Colonel Bjoern Jansen, German Assistant Air Attaché, during the presentation of the Cruise Ship Humanitarian Assistance Award to the captain and crew of the cruise ship Mein Schiff 1.Captain Omar Caruana, Master of Mein Schiff 1, delivers remarks after accepting the Cruise Ship Humanitarian Assistance Award.Admiral Fagan, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Anthony Abbatte, of U.S. Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., Boatswain’s Mate First Class Lacey Miller, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris, Chief Warrant Officer (Boatswain) Ian Thompson, Cutter Glen Harris, Geoffrey Green, of Bollinger Shipyards, and AFRAS President Captain Joe Re (USCG ret.) during the presentation of the Special Award for the joint Coast Guard/civilian SeaCor Power rescues.AFRAS Director Commodore Robert Shafer, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.Admiral Fagan, Commander Brad Winans, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Commodore Gus Formato, Robert E. Bohm and William F. Jacobs Jr., and AFRAS President Captain Joe Re (USCG ret.) during the presentation of the AFRAS Silver Medal.Admiral Fagan, Commander Brad Winans, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Commodore Gus Formato, Robert E. Bohm and William F. Jacobs Jr., and AFRAS President Captain Joe Re (USCG ret.)Admiral Fagan, Commander Brad Winans, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Commodore Gus Formato, Robert E. Bohm and William F. Jacobs Jr., and AFRAS President Captain Joe Re (USCG ret.)Admiral Fagan, U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician First Class Adam Via, Nolan Via, Jennifer Via, Captain Re and Vice Admiral Kevin E. Lunday, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander, during the presentation of the Vice Admiral Thomas R. Sargent III Gold Medal.The Vias’ son, Nolan, poses with his dad's Gold Medal.The Vias’ son, Nolan, poses with his dad's Gold Medal.Admiral Fagan and Petty Officer Via.Petty Officer Via delivers remarks after receiving his Vice Admiral Thomas Sargent III Gold Medal.Capitol Hill Gold Medal Ceremony sponsors, from left, Harkcon CEO Kevin Harkins, Captain Charley Diaz (USCG ret.), of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Hamid Salim, of Lockheed Martin, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda L. Fagan, AFRAS President Captain Joe Re (USCG ret.), AFRAS Director Commander Ken Prime (USCG ret.), also of Lockheed Martin, Jennifer Williams, Vice President, Maritime Policy, Cruise Lines International Association, Patrick Host, of Insitu, and Phil Crigler, of Austal USA.
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...
NORFOLK, Va. – Awards for heroic rescues at sea will be bestowed on ship captains and crews and individual maritime professionals at an Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 16th. A U.S. Coast Guard member,...
