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  2. Rescue swimmer - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer. Rescue swimmer is a qualification given to rescue specialists, most commonly in the service of the military. Rescue swimmers usually are charged with the rescue, assessment, and rendering of medical aid to persons in distress in the sea, on the land, or in the air. This highly specialized position is ...

  3. Aviation Survival Technician - Wikipedia

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    Aviation Survival Technician (AST) is a rating or job specialty in the United States Coast Guard. Rescue swimmer is the collateral duty or aircrew position of the AST. They are trained at the U.S. Coast Guard's enlisted Aviation Survival Technician/Rescue Swimmer school at Coast Guard Aviation Technical Training Center, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

  4. Drownproofing - Wikipedia

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    Drownproofing has been for many years widely taught to recruits in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard. Reagh "Doc" Wetmore, swimming coach at Boston University, shared Fred Lanoue's enthusiasm for Drownproofing and continued to teach the technique until his retirement at the end of 2005. [7]

  5. A Day in the Life of a United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer

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    This is a day in the life of a United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. Joining the USCG in August 2007, Opsal underwent extensive and intense physical training, and after graduation he continued ...

  6. List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard - Wikipedia

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    1 x MK 110 57 mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System. 1 x BAE Systems Mk 38 Mod 3 25 mm gun with 7.62 mm co-axial gun. 2 x M2 Browning .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns mounted on a MK 50 Stabilized Small Arms Mount (SSAM) 4 x crew-served M2 Browning .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns.

  7. List of United States Coast Guard ratings - Wikipedia

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    The United States Coast Guard 's ratings are general occupations that consist of specific skills and abilities. Each rating has its own specialty badge, which is typically worn on the left sleeve of their service dress uniform by enlisted personnel in that particular field. On operational dress uniforms, they wear generic rate designators that ...

  8. Swimmer missing in ocean in Myrtle Beach. Police and Coast ...

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    Police and Coast Guard searching waters. Rescue crews were searching the ocean Saturday evening for a missing swimmer. At least two people began to drown in the waters off 12th Avenue South about ...

  9. United States military divers - Wikipedia

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    According to Record Group 226 at the National Archive over 45 United States Coast Guard men were attached to the Office of Strategic Services Maritime Unit Operational Swimmer Groups (OSG). All OSGs had Coast Guard men, and several CG men were attached to UDT 10 in the Pacific after training with the OSS MU. LT John P. Booth (USCG) was ...