Stationed throughout the country including Alaska, Hawaii and Guam, Coast Guard operations specialists perform several vital functions in the service, including search and rescue coordination, intelligence gathering and analysis, and real-time target acquisition, tracking and identification. In short, OSs are at the heart of almost every Coast Guard mission.
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"In the raft, they're in a state of shock and their relieved to see you, and the last thing they want to do is get back in the water," Milam explained..
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"The crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb helped load an 1,100 pound sea lion onto the deck of the buoy tender. Their mission today would be to transport "Captain Hook" 60 miles off the coast of California to a sea lion habitat near San Clemente Island.
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"A woman had jumped off New Bern's high-rise Neuse River Bridge, about an 80-foot drop to the water. Miraculously, she was still alive."
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"Four men are safe after their boat capsized off the coast of Mayport, Fla.,- thanks to the efforts of a multi-service rescue operation coordinated by the Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville."
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"The 31-foot sailboat Paradise called the Coast Guard for help after their sails were ripped and their anchor was lost due to the high winds."
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