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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, a rescue swimmer assigned to Air Station Corpus Christi, poses for a photo at the Kerrville Airport in Kerrville, Texas, July 6, 2025. Ruskan responded to flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country as part of a Coast Guard aircrew conducting search and rescue operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Perry Shirzad)

July 29, 2026

AST2 Scott Ruskan receives ESPYS 2026 Pat Tillman Award

Coast Guard rescue swimmer honored for lifesaving efforts during response to 2025 Central Texas Floods

Petty Officer 3rd Class John "Branch" Walton, a rescue swimmer assigned to Air Station North Bend, Oregon, poses for a portrait at the air station Feb. 14, 2023. Walton rescued a mariner in distress Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, after the disabled, 35-foot vessel Sandpiper was capsized by a breaking wave approximately 6 miles west of the Columbia River mouth. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Feb. 13, 2023

Meet the rescue swimmer who saved a man after a massive wave capsized a yacht

Coast Guard rescue swimmer reflects on first rescue in the Graveyard of the Pacific

Artwork of the night the Marine Electric shipwreck and the incident’s lasting impact on the Coast Guard. The converted WWII-era ship capsized 30 miles off the Virginia coast on Feb. 12, 1983, and brought about drastic changes in the Coast Guard, including revamped marine safety procedures and the implementation of rescue swimmers. (U.S. Coast Guard illustrations by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki)

June 24, 2022

The Long Blue Line: The shipwreck that changed the Coast Guard forever

Taken from the old CGBlog as it appeared in 2019

A prospective Coast Guard rescue swimmer sits at the edge of a training pool with their back to the camera

March 22, 2022

Rescue swimmers train in California while North Carolina training center is renovated   

AST-A school relocated to Training Center (TRACEN) Petaluma for at least three years 

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