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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...

Gold medal awarded to Coast Guard boatswain’s mate for 2016 rescue off Long Beach

by Wayne Spivak | Aug 11, 2017 | AFRAS Awards, In the News

From the Chinook Observer http://www.chinookobserver.com SEATTLE — The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the Association for Rescue at Sea has selected Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Hylkema, a boatswain’s mate at Station Grays Harbor, to receive the 2016 AFRAS Gold...

AFRAS Vice President on Motion Picture “The Finest Hours”

by Brandon Brewer | Jun 8, 2016 | In the News, Search and Rescue (SAR)

Association for Rescue at Sea Vice President Wayne Spivak is featured on this radio interview with the program Breakthrough Entertainment to talk about AFRAS and its missions, sea rescue challenges and Disney’s motion picture “The Finest Hours.” The...

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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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