These elite lifesavers are trained to respond and rescue in a plethora of deadly situations and scenarios. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers go through a 6 month long course with one of the highest ...

Aviation Survival Tech Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Faulkner was one of the first female Coast Guard rescue swimmers. The difficulty of the training and the duty are legendary -- and badass.

The hiker and a companion had wandered off the remote 53-mile hiking path that follows the northern California coastline of ...

"TV shows and movies make these rescues look very exciting and impressive but until I was actually the person being rescued, ...

A helicopter carrying rescue swimmers reached the boat, and two team members jumped in the water, officials said. The Coast Guard rescue swimmers helped hoist the group of migrants onto the ...

But while conducting the rescue, the boat ran aground and the sailboat's mast and its sails collapsed, the Coast Guard said. A rescue swimmer was ... personal protective equipment, dry suits ...