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Thank you for this channel

I dropped everything to watch this... Thankfully had my steel capped boots on, thanks to your recommendation. :)

Destin!! I can only imagine how much work goes into these videos, but I can't wait, I need more!! Haha. I really enjoy these "deep dive" series. Can't wait to see the rest. Keep up the great work

This was my dream job until I had 3 seizures at 19 and was diagnosed with epilepsy :(

Thank you for your service!

Is this legitimate? That’s awesome, I hope he sees this and you get your footage.

Top job mate! Thank you so much for your service

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Bump

Proud to have known a guy that knew a guy.

Agreed

Former USN rescue swimmer, concur skipper!

I found myself welded to my chair watching this video and at the end, I was drooling over how to get my hands on some of the little survival vest gadget gems.

We watched footage of training ops for the most part here. How often, when a rescue swimmer takes a dip for Work, do they pull out someone who had a Good Excuse for being there or are they all just drunk tourists? That is the experience I have had on Land, responding to calls.

@@truthsRsung Well that depends. I know swimmers that have been near disasters, and I also know some that have never had to dunk. One swimmer I know ended up pulling close to 300 people out of the water from a ferry sinking. I would say, on average there will be a recovery of some kind every deployment. Otherwise, we just meet training requirements. I'm speaking for blue water swimmers - not brown water peeps.

@@truthsRsung Some of the people that Coast Guard has the most encounters are fishermen. Not the ones who go out on weekends for fun, but the ones that go out for months to make living. Not all rescue swimmers see action either and from what I've heard from people who worked with rescue swimmers, they said swimmers that get the most calls are located near fishermen go out for rough waters. Like Northwestern area (Oregon, Washington, Alaska) and Northeastern(New England).

Hey real talk what did you think about the movie "The Guardian"?

Great movie

Never saw the film but I have read about how difficult the training process was.

I got teary eyed watching this video thinking about the movie 😂

That was a hard movie to watch

That was definitely a good one

The surfboard duct tape thing makes me sad. My dad did 20yrs in the Coast Guard, because of that I got to have a blessed childhood growing up in Kodiak & Ketchikan, my heart broke when we had to leave. Regardless of funding tho, it's smart for these folks to know how to repair their equipment, that way in the field they're familiar with the ins and outs of everything & can make repairs if needed. I hate to hear about our military not getting proper funds, the people who dedicate their service deserve better.

@@pandap4ntz Hey, you got to grow up there? Nice! I was born in Kodiak, but we left just a year later, so I didn't remember it at all.

@@MultiPurposeReviewer Somehow we managed to stay 13yrs between Kodiak & Ketchikan. I was born in NC, when I was 1 we were transferred to Kodiak, then Ketchikan, then Kodiak, then HI, then back to NC. Before I came along, my parents were in OR and St. Louis. Anyways, yeah, it was the best 13yrs of my life, I loved it there. Stuck in Missouri now, lol.

Wow. I knew Spyderco made great sharpeners ( the tri-angle ones ) but I had no idea they made such a great rescue knife. How cool! Thanks!

Great Point !

There's no theory there. It is true and that is the reason for standardized training and equipment. In 2002 I was on a boat crew, none of us had ever worked together before and we all landed in NYC on a boat we had never been on before. It was no different than working with my normal crew and we were on a 41' UTB. It was identical to the ones we had at our home stations. All equipment is in the same place, all equipment is same quantity, all electronics are the same, etc. One boat was having engine issues and two of us were able to troubleshoot and fix the problem quickly never having met each other before because of standardized everything. That's very important when something happens and people come from all over and have to make things happen.

Oh yes, the STAN Team Visits, remember them well as I was a HC_130 Load Master and Drop Master for many years, we always looked forward to the annual visit of the traveling school house team to QA what we were doing and how we communicated as a team. You could take a Load Master from Air Sta Clearwater and a Pilot from Air Sta Kodiak and the rest of the crew from scattered air stations and still get the best job done. Team Work which I don't see in the civilian world.

@@trex2092 STAN Teams visits were quite something. RFO was fun too. When you passed it all and only maybe got a minor discrepancy or two on the asset and performance...ya did good.

That's got to be a really important character trait. I'm sure not everyone can communicate universally like that.

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If you want to be a rescue swimmer, get that strength and stamina up. Swimming in open ocean is no joke, then you have to pull dead weight with you. Much harder than a pool or beach

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I dont know how it is at larger stations and air stations, but the local coasties gave me and my grandfather a free tour of their boats years ago because we brought them doughnuts. Give it a shot

While not true for all situations, a lot of rescues are from sinking boats, which often have a lot of rigging. If the hoist cable gets tangled on the fishing boat in 20+ foot seas (very common off Alaska, for example), the helicopter can get pulled into the water by the boat going up and down. It is generally safer to pull people out of open water (have them jump overboard) than to keep them on a sinking ship. They have heaters and dry blankets in the cabin to warm people up quick! My dad used to be a flight surgeon, and would go out in the USCG helicopters when they were doing medevacs. He always said pulling people directly off of fishing boats was the most dangerous thing they could do. Remotenes likely also plays a factor. A lot of places are too far to send a boat to aid in the rescue, so it's just a single helicopter crew.

As the other commenter mentioned, I have to imagine it has a lot to do with the type of sea you're working with. I'd imagine, and I think I've seen, some boat to boat rescues. But the US has a lot of coast in many different climates, so they may have adopted a policy in the Coast Guard that's applicable in almost any situation without seriously increasing risk to those in need of rescue to standardize training. I'm not sure, that's a guess, but it does make sense to me. Anyone else wanting to correct me, please feel free and let us know!

Concur. I would bet that Destin will take this idea and run with it.

They are basically the rescue team if anyone (including Special forces) needs help

You'll meet smart people doing cool things in all of the services. In all of the services, you'll find people who can do amazing things if you empower them, give them responsibiliy, and hold them accountable. It comes down to a culture of individual responsibility and commitment to mission, with an equal commitment to being part of a high-performing team. The USCG really stands out here, because it's small. They really empower members at every level because they have to. People join the military to be adults, to learn great skills, and to hold responsibility early. In the larger services, this doesn't always happen. When it doesn't, it's usually the fault of leaders not challenging their teammates appropriately or looking for potential. There are a few folks who can't adapt, but that's pretty rare once you get out of boot camp. The folks who struggle are generally under-challenged, not given enough opportunity, or have leadership that doesn't respect them as adults. I served 22 years in the Army. Mad respect to the USCG for their culture and incredible mission; the commitment of these individuals in the video just shines through. It also reflects my own experience working with them.