17 August 2023 Military Sealift Command’s USNS Millinocket Aids Vessel In Distress TIMOR SEA -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) expeditionary fast transport USNS Millinocket (T EPF 3) rendered assistance to a distressed small leisure boat in the vicinity of Darwin, Australia, Aug. 8...
08 November 2022 Sailors Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal After Saving a Man’s Life Onboard NSA Naples NAPLES, Italy - Three Sailors assigned to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples received on Oct. 25, 2022 for saving a man’s life on Sept. 8, 2022...
27 October 2022 U.S. Navy Rescues Mariners from Burning Vessel in Gulf of Aden MANAMA, Bahrain - Personnel from two U.S. Navy ships rescued three civilian mariners Oct. 26 in the Gulf of Aden after their small motorboat caught fire while transiting international waters...
19 October 2022 USS Daniel Inouye Rescues Fishing Vessel in Vicinity of Hawaii PEARL HARBOR - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), assisted the Commercial Fishing Vessel Sea Diamond in towing operation back to Honolulu following casualty to Sea Diamond’s engine, in the vicinity of Hawaii Operating Area, (JBPHH), October 18...
13 July 2022 Pax River Search and Rescue Performs Rescue over Holiday Weekend NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Amid the celebrations of the July Fourth weekend, a crew from Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s Search and Rescue (SAR) “SAR Dogs” squadron was called into action July 1 for a boater in distress on the Choptank River...
13 July 2022 U.S. Navy rescues stranded mariner PEARL HARBOR – The U.S. Navy rescued a stranded mariner July 5 after his sailboat became disabled during a trans-Pacific voyage...
06 May 2022 TAR Instructor Pilots, Students Assist Civilian Aircraft in Distress CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Late last year, two Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR) Navy instructor pilots (IPs) and two active duty student naval aviators (SNA) with the “Rangers” of Training Squadron (VT) 28 in Corpus Christi, Texas, responded to a civilian aircraft in distress above the...
30 March 2022 HSM-51 Sailors, Coast Guard, and Guam Fire Department Rescue Capsized Crew PHILIPPINE SEA – Sailors assigned to the “Warlords” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 Detachment 3, currently attached to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) and conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility, received a maritime...
09 January 2022 USS Lewis B. Puller Credited With Saving Lives of Rescued Mariners MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Navy personnel serving on expeditionary sea base platform ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) called upon their training and teamwork recently to save injured mariners in the Gulf of Oman...
17 November 2021 VP-26 Tridents Find Small Craft Lost At Sea ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – On Nov. 11, crewmembers assigned to the “Tridents” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 26 rescued six mariners from the Federated States of Micronesia whose vessel was adrift in the South Pacific for eight days without power...