A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued 15 migrants on a drifting vessel southwest of San Diego Tuesday. In the morning, ...

The Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer School is one of the toughest training programs in the military, designed to prepare elite swimmers for high-risk, life-saving missions in extreme conditions. With only ...

During the mission, deputies contacted the U.S. Coast Guard for assistance. In the video, a rescue swimmer, identified by local news as Tyler Gantt, lowers from a helicopter, extracts the woman from ...

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 Coast Guard said. A rescue swimmer was then sent down from the helicopter to save the two people aboard the boat. Once the man was on the rescue boat, the helicopter crew discovered the woman ...