An aviation survival technician—rescue swimmer—is lowered into turbulent waters off the Oregon Coast as part of advanced training at the Coast Guard's Advanced Helicopter Rescue School at Air Station Astoria. Here, instructors prepare rescue swimmers and air crews to conduct rescues in the surf off coastal shores, on high seas in the open ocean, and along cliffs and caves found on the rugged coast. US Coast Guard Art Program 2010 Collection, Ob ID # 201017, "Rescue mission," Louis Stephen Gadal, watercolor, 14 x 20
