Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas | 07.31.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jeff Buffa, 4th Reconnaissance Battallion, and Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, 8th Coast Guard District commander, take a moment for a photo with the family of retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Rodney Buentello after a ceremony to posthumously award the Gold Lifesaving Medal July 31, 2017, in San Antonio. The Gold Lifesaving Medal, one of the United States’ oldest medals,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas | 07.31.2017
Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, 8th Coast Guard District commander, presents the Gold Lifesaving Medal to the family of retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Rodney Buentello July 31, 2017, in San Antonio. The medal honors Buentello’s heroic actions in saving the lives of two teenagers from the rushing waters of the Medina River on the afternoon of June 8, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas | 07.31.2017
Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, 8th Coast Guard District commander, and the family of retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Rodney Buentello read the citation for Buentello’s posthumous Gold Lifesaving Medal, July 31, 2017, in San Antonio. Lisa Buentello and her two sons accepted the award on behalf of Rodney Buentello, who sacrificed his life while saving two drowning teenagers from the Medina River.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas | 07.31.2017
Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, 8th Coast Guard District commander, addresses attendees during a ceremony to posthumously award retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Rodney Buentello with the Gold Lifesaving Medal, July 31, 2017, in San Antonio. The Gold Lifesaving Medal, one of the United States’ oldest medals, was created by Act of Congress in 1874 and may be awarded to an individual who performs a......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas | 07.31.2017
Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, 8th Coast Guard District commander, talks to the family of retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Rodney Buentello before posthumously presenting the Gold Lifesaving Medal, July 31, 2017, in San Antonio. The medal honors Buentello’s heroic actions in saving the lives of two teenagers from the rushing waters of the Medina River on the afternoon of June 8, 2016. U.S. Coast......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas | 07.31.2017
U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Marine Corps color guard members prepare for a ceremony to posthumously award retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Rodney Buentello with a Gold Lifesaving Medal, July 31, 2017, in San Antonio. The ceremony was held before the 2nd Annual Rodney Lee Buentello Golf Tournament. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst....
Photo by 94th Airlift Wing | U.S. Coast Guard Southwest | 07.31.2013
Rear Admiral Karl Schultz, commander of the 11th Coast Guard District, presented the Gold Lifesaving Medal (posthumously) to the surviving family members of Kyle Hardman in a ceremony in Ukiah, Calif., July 31, 2013. (Coast Guard photo)...
Photo by Chief Petty Officer John D. Miller | U.S. Coast Guard East | 12.18.2012
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Meredith Austin, commander, 5th Coast Guard District, explains the significance of the Coast Guard’s Gold Lifesaving Medal to an audience at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island, North Carolina, Feb. 11, 2017. Only 275 Gold Lifesaving Medals have ever been awarded. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer John D.......
