Introduction to Coast Guard Cliff Rescue, Vertical Surface Training and Hiking Safety, Kodiak, Alaska 2015

KODIAK, AK, UNITED STATES

09.21.2015

Video by Tracey Mertens 

U.S. Coast Guard District 17

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Erin Custer, an aviation survival technician, narrates this introduction to the challenges of vertical surface training, cliff rescue, and hiking safety out of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, August 2015. In Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, MH-60 Jayhawk and MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrews face some of the most challenging weather conditions and terrain, and train regularly to perform complex hoisting scenarios of survivors from mountain and ocean cliff areas. U.S. Coast Guard video by Auxiliarist Tracey Mertens.

• Date Taken: 09.21.2015
• Date Posted: 09.21.2015 12:30
• Category: Package
• Video ID: 424652
• VIRIN: 150921-G-FO900-078
• Filename: DOD_102744395
• Length: 00:04:46
• Location: KODIAK, AK, US