Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dillon Grimsley | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 02.25.2026
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit rescued two Canadian citizens on Lake St. Clair after they were stranded on an ice floe approximately one nautical mile north of Belle River, Ontario, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026....
Story by Dana Rosso | Alaska National Guard | 10.13.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center continues to lead the multi-agency search and rescue operations across storm-impacted communities in Western Alaska....
Story by Maj. Robert Taylor | Idaho Army National Guard | 09.30.2025
The Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group conducted nearly a dozen successful search and rescue missions throughout 2025....
Story by Master Sgt. Joseph Prouse | 129th Rescue Wing | 09.22.2025
A Guardian Angel team from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, stabilized a Filipino mariner aboard the Panamanian-flagged cargo ship Grand Vega after reports of stroke-like symptoms during a two-day deepwater rescue approximately 700 nautical miles off the California coast....
Story by Mike Freeman | Idaho Army National Guard | 09.16.2025
Idaho Army National Guard helicopter crews from Detachment 1, Golf Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment executed the IDARNG Aviation Group’s ninth and tenth successful search and rescue missions of 2025 on Aug. 28 and Sept. 2, respectively....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Lauofo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 09.11.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Station Milwaukee rescued three survivors from a downed Cessna aircraft on Lake Michigan, approximately 12 nautical miles off the coast of Milwaukee at 1:30 p.m. CDT, on September 11, 2025....
Story by Alejandro Pena | Alaska National Guard | 09.09.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard aviators with the 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, rescued individuals in two separate plane crashes across Alaska Sept. 5, and Sept. 8, respectively....
Story by Master Sgt. Michael Touchette | Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office | 08.29.2025
The Montana Army National Guard (MTARNG) recently completed a high-altitude Search and Rescue (SAR) mission to recover a missing 71-year-old hiker in the Stillwater Plateau region of the Beartooth Mountains....
