Training

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  May 06, 2006
  August 17, 2005, 11 a.m. AST- Coast Guard rescue swimmers sharpen skills- 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo release (0.90 MB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska- Coast Guard rescue swimmer Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony R. Trout pretends he's unconscious while rescue swimmer Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Thiessen rescues him using a rear approach maneuver during an exercise called escape and releases. The rescue swimmers conducted their weekly rescue training in the base pool here Tuesday. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  May 06, 2006
  August 17, 2005, 11 a.m. AST- Coast Guard rescue swimmers sharpen skills- 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo release (0.93 MB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska- Coast Guard rescue swimmer Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin Ott plays the part of a panicked stricken victim and is rescued by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Thiessen using one form of the rear approach. The rescue swimmers practiced different rescue maneuvers in the base pool here Tuesday. The Coast Guard's rescue swimmers must be prepared to perform difficult rescues in hazardous seas. Rescue swimmers must also be trained to provide basic medical assistance to rescued individuals. As part of their training they must complete a four-week emergency medical training (EMT) course at the Coast Guard EMT school in Petaluma, Calif. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  May 06, 2006
  August 17, 2005, 11 a.m. AST- Coast Guard rescue swimmers sharpen skills- 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo release (817.44 KB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska- Airman Ilima Maiava carries Airman Caleb Flippin practicing a maneuver called the buddy tow in the base pool here Tuesday. The buddy tow is used by rescue swimmers to transport people rescued in the water to a waiting rescue helicopter hoist, basket or boat. Maiava and Flippin will be leaving for Coast Guard rescue swimmer training in Elizabeth City, N.C. in three weeks. The physically and mentally taxing training will last four months. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  September 30, 2005
  Sept. 30, 2005, 10 a.m. - Kodiak air crews practice survival skills - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo 1 of 5 (1.68 MB)
  
  KODIAK, Alaska- Coast Guard members from the air station and the medical clinic here participate in setting of pyrotechnics during annual training provided by the rescue swimmer shop here. The required training, known as wet drills, is completed by all personnel who fly in Coast Guard aircraft regularly. In addition to pyrotechnics instruction, wet drills consist of classroom instruction, a survival suit swim in Woman’s Bay, life raft training, a 75-yard swim test in full gear, and for members who work in helicopters a 2-minute tread water test and a dunk trainer. The dunk trainer simulates a helicopter crash in the water. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  September 30, 2005
  Sept. 30, 2005, 10 a.m. - Kodiak air crews practice survival skills - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo 2 of 5 (2.03 MB)
  
  KODIAK, Alaska- Coast Guard Petty Officer Michael Gray from the medical clinic here puts on his cold water immersion suit during wet drill training Wednesday. Wet drills consist of classroom training, pyrotechnic training, a survival suit swim in Woman’s Bay, life raft training, a 75-yard swim test in full gear and for members who work in helicopters a 2-minute tread water test and a dunk trainer. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  September 30, 2005
  Sept. 30, 2005, 10 a.m. - Kodiak air crews practice survival skills - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo 3 of 5 (1.97 MB)
  
  KODIAK, Alaska – Petty Officer Michael Gray and another Coast Guardsman help Petty Officer Naomi Young into a life raft during wet drills at the Coast Guard air station here Wednesday. Wet drills consist of classroom training, pyrotechnic training, a survival suit swim in Woman’s Bay, life raft training, a 75-yard swim test in full gear and for members who work in helicopters a 2-minute tread water test and a dunk trainer. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski)
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  September 30, 2005
  Sept. 30, 2005, 10 a.m. - Kodiak air crews practice survival skills - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo 5 of 5 (2.30 MB)
  
  KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard Lt. Shad Soldano escapes from a dunk trainer during wet drills Wednesday. Wet drills consist of classroom training, pyrotechnic training, a survival suit swim in Woman’s Bay, life raft training, a 75-yard swim test in full gear and for members who work in helicopters a 2-minute tread water test and a dunk trainer. The dunk trainer simulates a helicopter crash in the water. The crewman is place in a seat and flipped upside-down underwater. The crewman has to then escape the chair, use their emergency air and make it to the surface. Members of the Coast Guard’s aviation community go through wet drills as annual training. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski)
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  September 30, 2005
  Sept. 30, 2005, 10 a.m. - Kodiak air crews practice survival skills - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo 4 of 5 (2.06 MB)
  
  KODIAK, Alaska – Petty Officer Joseph Metzler, a rescue swimmer at the Coast Guard air station here, explains how the importance of the emergency crew life raft to Petty Officer Naomi Young during wet drills here Wednesday. Wet drills consist of classroom training, pyrotechnic training, a survival suit swim in Woman’s Bay, life raft training, a 75-yard swim test in full gear and for members who work in helicopters a 2-minute tread water test and a dunk trainer. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski)
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  July 25, 2005
  July 25, 2005,6:30 p.m. AST- Kodiak inferno- 4 of 4- 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo release (444.09 KB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska- A team of firemen from the Integrated Support Command Fire Department here, succeed in isolating the fire and begin pushing the fire out of the pit. A total of four fires were burned here on Saturday giving the firemen a chance to prepare and practice for fighting an actual aircraft fire. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  July 25, 2005
  July 25, 2005, 6:30 p.m. AST- Kodiak inferno- 3 of 4- 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo release (403.63 KB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska- Two teams from the Integrated Support Command Fire Department conducted Aircraft Fire Fighting and rescue training here Saturday. The objective of the two teams is to isolate the fire by splitting it in half with each team taking a quarter of the fire. The teams then sweep the base of the fire with water to push the fire out of the pit, putting it out. The temperature of the fire will reach between 1,200 and 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)