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 ...

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Sappey) U.S. Coast Guard and Navy crews rescued 18 people from a disabled boat adrift and sinking in international waters about 50 ...

IMAGE: The Indian Navy's INS Tarkash provided technical and medical assistance to an Iranian dhow off the coast of Somalia on Monday. Photographs: ANI Photo IMAGE: INS Tarkash's crew ...

French navy officers refused to rescue 60 distressed migrants on a cramped boat filled with water in its territory - and instead asked Border Force for help. French officials spent hours this ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A Miami Beach Officer is recounting the moments he felt his life was in danger while on a rescue mission for two swimmers lost at sea. Anyer Volquez-Ozuna said he was ...

“Upon reaching shore, rescue swimmers found two hikers stranded 75-100 feet above the beach on a near-vertical landslide. One hiker had fallen and was unable to move up or down, making it unsafe ...

After nearly 40 minutes of searching with jet skis, rescue swimmers and a Coast Guard helicopter, the missing girl was found on a sandbar eight blocks from where she started. “She actually ...

March 29 (UPI) --A specialized U.S. Navy dive team and a Polish engineering team joined the search for four missing U.S. Army soldiers whose armored vehicle sank in a Lithuanian peat bog on Tuesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard arrived at the scene with a helicopter and a rescue swimmer who was lowered onto the vehicle, the sheriff's office said. The driver was secured and taken to a local hospital.