Story by Staff Sgt. Joshua Hastings | 509th Bomb Wing | 09.17.2025
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jada McMillan and Mrs. Darci Curtis, both assigned to the 509th Medical Group at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, rescue a young woman from a burning vehicle in transit to home from work on July 9, 2025. The healthcare professionals were honored with the key to the city in Sedalia, Missouri on Sept. 2, 2025 for their heroism....
Story by Timothy Reeves | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 08.01.2025
Tanner Jernigan has spent much of his life around the water – hunting, fishing and even competitive swimming. In March, the former high school state champion swimmer turned engineer was supporting an ongoing research project on Tybee Island, Georgia, when he leaned into all that experience to save the lives of three children....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class James Connor | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 08.01.2025
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — A Coast Guardsman assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay (WTGB 101), rescued a 97-year-old man during Coast Guard Festival at the Grand Haven Pier in Michigan on July 29, 2025. The man fell over six feet into the Grand River after losing his balance while resting on his walker. Seaman Joseph Turk, a crew member aboard the Katmai Bay, immediately jumped in to the......
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Lauofo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 07.31.2025
Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City rescue swimmers responded to a nearby shop explosion in Traverse City, Michigan, on July 31, 2025....
Story by Senior Airman Clare Werner | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 07.03.2025
On a windy Saturday afternoon, June 21, a call for help pierced through the air. A teenage boy had fallen down a steep cliff near Riverview Bible Camp in Cusick, Washington. The terrain was brutal, strewn with rocks and imposing pine trees, and every second counted. A 36th Rescue Squadron crew was prepared to respond, and without any hesitation they navigated a UH-1N Huey through the dense......
Story by Senior Airman Devlin Bishop | 355th Wing | 06.18.2025
The 58th Rescue Squadron held an inactivation ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 18, 2025, commemorating more than two decades of personnel recovery and combat rescue operations worldwide....
Story by Milt Spalding | Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office | 05.09.2025
Heavy rainfall between April 2–6, 2025, caused near-historic flooding in Kentucky, with Boston, Ky., in Nelson County among the hardest-hit areas. Soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard’s Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery Brigade, joined local firefighters and Georgia Task Force 6 to rescue 32 people and dozens of pets. The Guard later delivered critical supplies to......
Story by Staff Sgt. Lee Murphy | 153rd Airlift Wing | 04.16.2025
In a historic first in over 35 years, Wyoming Air National Guard medics helped evacuate a cardiac arrest patient from Antarctica’s McMurdo Station. Braving subzero temperatures and complex logistics, the team stabilized and airlifted the man 2,500 miles to New Zealand, showcasing lifesaving skill and military-science partnership in extreme conditions....
