Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technicians at Air Station Clearwater conduct a morning workout to remain in superior physical condition for the rigors of their job as elite rescue swimmers, Clearwater, Florida, June 10, 2021. Rescue swimmers must maintain the mental capacity, strength, and endurance required for the dangerous and complex rescue missions they face. Those varied and unpredictable situations include during extreme weather, in high seas, at night during a storm, on sinking and unstable vessels, and on cliffs and other extreme terrain. (Video by Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale crew members released more than 200 sea turtles Monday approximately 10 miles off the Fort Lauderdale coast.
Legacy's Shadow: Rising Hearts from a Sunken Ship, is a story of a Purple Heart Medal being posthumously award to a Coast Guardsman killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918 during World War I aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa that was torpedoed while conducting a convoy escort in Bristol Channel. More than 100 years later members of the Coast Guard still remember and hold a ceremony in honor of their fallen shipmates who made the ultimate...
