SEATTLE — A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescue four men who fell approximately 60 feet from the roof of a large, empty water tower in Taholah, Washington. Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Due to the height of the structure and limited access to fire department ground crews, the Quinault Fire Department Leer másCoast Guard Astoria MH-60T rescue 4 men water tower in Taholah[…]
SEATTLE – A Coast Guard Air Station North Bend MH-65E Dolphin SRR Helicopter aircrew medevac a mariner from a cruise ship approximately 15 nautical miles offshore of Coos Bay, Oregon. Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River watchstanders received a report from the M/V National Geographic Venture at 6:38 a.m., Apr. 20, that a Leer másCoast Guard North Bend MH-65E medevac mariner off Coos Bay, Oregon[…]
SEATTLE – A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles MH-65E Dolphin aircrew rescue two sailors from a disabled and grounded 31-foot sailboat near the San Juan Islands, Washington. Monday night, February 3, 2025. Coast Guard crews rescued a 56-year-old man and recovered a woman who later succumbed to her injuries. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Leer másUSCG Port Angeles MH-65E rescue 2 sailors off San Juan Islands[…]
Story by 2nd Lt. Nagraj Rao, 129th Rescue Wing MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. — The Cal Guard (California Air National Guard) 129th Rescue Wing successfully conducted critical medical airdrop to a woman aboard a sailboat 750 nautical miles off the United States coast in the Pacific Ocean, following a complex rescue mission on Leer másCal Guard 129th RQW conduct medical airdrop to a woman 750 nm[…]
ASTORIA, Oregon. — A Coast Guard Air Station Astoria MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue two hikers and their dog after one of the hikers sustained a knee injury in Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Sunday, June 16, 2024. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 13th District Command Center (Pacific Northwest) in Seattle received a report at 4:20 p.m. by Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 2 hikers and a dog in Deschutes Forest[…]
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, and San Juan County officials rescued the survivors, a man and his dog, from a vessel that sank just west of Henry Island, Washington. Friday, May 3, 2024. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report at approximately 6 a.m. Friday that the 48-foot Leer másCoast Guard rescue fisherman and his dog near Henry Island[…]
JACKSONVILLE, Florida. — The Coast Guard celebrated the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) change of command. The Capt. Dan Broadhurst relieved Capt. Gregory A. Matyas as the 10th commanding officer of Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron during a change of command ceremony at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville. Friday, July 14, 2023. Rear Admiral Nathan Leer másCoast Guard HITRON holds change of command ceremony[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue 2 boaters (one person found stranded on a channel marker and the other an unresponsive) from the water after their vessel capsized on the Columbia River near Astoria. Sunday, June 11, 2023. At 2:25 p.m., a caller, who witnessed from shore, notified Coast Guard Sector Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T rescue 2 boaters near Astoria, Oregon[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard crews rescue two boaters from their boat after it capsized Wednesday night off the coast of Nesika Beach, Southwest Oregon. June 7, 2023. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received notification around 7:30 p.m. from the wife of the captain of a 26-foot commercial fishing vessel stating that her Leer másCoast Guard rescue 2 boaters from off Nesika Beach, Oregon[…]
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero. U.S. Coast Guard District 13 PADET. Not everyone can say they got the chance to perform a daring rescue because they won a game of rock, paper, scissors. The USCG Rescue Swimmer John “Branch” Walton can because is the saver from the man of massive wave that Leer másThe big wave and the yacht: USCG Rescue Swimmer John «Branch»[…]