Featured in rescuesBYLogan NyeMar 8, 2023Share4 awesome missions you didn’t know were done by the Coast GuardThe U.S. Coast Guard has always been the little agency that could. It’s the only U.S. military branch that isn’t a permanent member of the Department of Defense, it’s constantly the last in line for the budget (it is one of the agencie… BYLogan NyeMar 8, 2023ShareBYSandboxxFeb 5, 2022ShareCabanatuan Raid: The largest rescue in American historyPacific theater, late 1944. Allied forces have been gradually uprooting the Japanese forces and pushing them back to Japan. As… BYSandboxxFeb 5, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyJan 30, 2022ShareThe Coast Guard left a scow near Niagara Falls that’s still there 100 years laterThe Niagara River’s famously beautiful Horseshoe Falls is truly a wonderful sight. But if you look upriver before the falls,… BYTeam MightyJan 30, 2022ShareBYLogan NyeJan 28, 2023ShareHere’s what a Navy corpsman does when a Marine is hitMarines rushing into combat count on the corpsman to come to their aid if they’re hit. Here’s what the sailors do after the call of, “Corpsman up!” 1. Rush to the casualty <p class="sh… BYLogan NyeJan 28, 2023ShareBYChuck LyonsMay 12, 2023ShareThat time a dangling paratrooper was rescued by open-top biplaneDangling, head-down, 100 feet beneath the transport, this paratrooper had little hope of survival. Then an open-top biplane came in. BYChuck LyonsMay 12, 2023ShareBYSOFREPMay 5, 2021ShareThe time Special Forces combat divers recovered 26 Americans from the floor of the Pacific OceanOne of the first-ever Special Forces underwater operations wasn’t targeted against an enemy. Rather, it was to assist in the… BYSOFREPMay 5, 2021ShareBYSandboxxMar 25, 2021ShareOperation Porcupine: The Air Force plan to rescue downed F-16 pilotsEarlier in March, several Air Force squadrons flying a variety of aircraft, including fighter jets, helicopters, and remotely piloted aircraft,… BYSandboxxMar 25, 2021ShareBYJessica ManfreFeb 12, 2021ShareCoast Guard rescues Cubans on deserted islandAfter 33 days stranded on a deserted island, three Cuban nationals were rescued by the United States Coast Guard. After… BYJessica ManfreFeb 12, 2021ShareBYTeam MightyApr 29, 2020ShareThis is the lightweight kit you need to brave the coldThis article is sponsored by Propper, the guys dedicated to equipping those who commit their lives to serving others. In addition to the Propper gear that’s perfect for the mission, … BYTeam MightyApr 29, 2020Share
BYLogan NyeMar 8, 2023Share4 awesome missions you didn’t know were done by the Coast GuardThe U.S. Coast Guard has always been the little agency that could. It’s the only U.S. military branch that isn’t a permanent member of the Department of Defense, it’s constantly the last in line for the budget (it is one of the agencie… BYLogan NyeMar 8, 2023Share
BYSandboxxFeb 5, 2022ShareCabanatuan Raid: The largest rescue in American historyPacific theater, late 1944. Allied forces have been gradually uprooting the Japanese forces and pushing them back to Japan. As… BYSandboxxFeb 5, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyJan 30, 2022ShareThe Coast Guard left a scow near Niagara Falls that’s still there 100 years laterThe Niagara River’s famously beautiful Horseshoe Falls is truly a wonderful sight. But if you look upriver before the falls,… BYTeam MightyJan 30, 2022Share
BYLogan NyeJan 28, 2023ShareHere’s what a Navy corpsman does when a Marine is hitMarines rushing into combat count on the corpsman to come to their aid if they’re hit. Here’s what the sailors do after the call of, “Corpsman up!” 1. Rush to the casualty <p class="sh… BYLogan NyeJan 28, 2023Share
BYChuck LyonsMay 12, 2023ShareThat time a dangling paratrooper was rescued by open-top biplaneDangling, head-down, 100 feet beneath the transport, this paratrooper had little hope of survival. Then an open-top biplane came in. BYChuck LyonsMay 12, 2023Share
BYSOFREPMay 5, 2021ShareThe time Special Forces combat divers recovered 26 Americans from the floor of the Pacific OceanOne of the first-ever Special Forces underwater operations wasn’t targeted against an enemy. Rather, it was to assist in the… BYSOFREPMay 5, 2021Share
BYSandboxxMar 25, 2021ShareOperation Porcupine: The Air Force plan to rescue downed F-16 pilotsEarlier in March, several Air Force squadrons flying a variety of aircraft, including fighter jets, helicopters, and remotely piloted aircraft,… BYSandboxxMar 25, 2021Share
BYJessica ManfreFeb 12, 2021ShareCoast Guard rescues Cubans on deserted islandAfter 33 days stranded on a deserted island, three Cuban nationals were rescued by the United States Coast Guard. After… BYJessica ManfreFeb 12, 2021Share
BYTeam MightyApr 29, 2020ShareThis is the lightweight kit you need to brave the coldThis article is sponsored by Propper, the guys dedicated to equipping those who commit their lives to serving others. In addition to the Propper gear that’s perfect for the mission, … BYTeam MightyApr 29, 2020Share