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A view of several life raft racks along the port side of the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3). The WRIGHT is among the ships taking part in exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88

A view of several life raft racks along the port side of the aviation ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Usns Wright (T-AVB 3) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Aircrew members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing swim towards a twenty-man life raft during survival training exercise in Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI as parts of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001. The crewmembers are wearing their LPUs (Life Preserver Unit) with the floatation assembly fully inflated to aid their bouncy

Aircrew members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing swim towards a twent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

Onboard the LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Raft an aircrew member from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, lights a signal flare as part of their survival training. The aircrews are participating in Exercise WHITETAIL 2001, this part held on Lake Michigan off the coast of Wisconsin

Onboard the LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Raft an aircrew member from the 12...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

Photograph of Gemini IX Prime Crew Pilot Eugene A. Cernan and Backup Crew Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. during Water Egress Training

Photograph of Gemini IX Prime Crew Pilot Eugene A. Cernan and Backup C...

Original caption: GULF OF MEXICO. WATER EGRESS TRAINING - Two Gemini IX astronauts practice maneuvering one-man life rafts during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (foreg... More

An RSSK-8 Rigid Seat Survival Kit, which secures a life raft and survival equipment to a jet crewman's ejection seat system, is displayed at the station's Aviation Physiology Training Unit

An RSSK-8 Rigid Seat Survival Kit, which secures a life raft and survi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 D. Mcclure Release Status: Re... More

A view of several life raft racks along the port side of the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3). The WRIGHT is among the ships taking part in exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88

A view of several life raft racks along the port side of the aviation ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Usns Wright (T-AVB 3) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Off the coast of Wisconsin on Lake Michigan, aircrew members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, onboard their LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Rafts, light signal flares during survival training. The red smoke will help them stand out against the gray water when the rescue aircraft close in on them. The aircrews are part of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001

Off the coast of Wisconsin on Lake Michigan, aircrew members from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

Yokota Air Base, Japan, US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Andrew Purath, a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft navigator with the 36th Airlift Squadron (AS), climbs aboard a 20-man life raft during water survival refresher training

Yokota Air Base, Japan, US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Andrew Pura...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: Digital Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

Members of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 6 (HS-6) await rescue from aboard a life raft after they were forced to ditch their SH-3 Sea King helicopter

Members of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 6 (HS-6) await rescue fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Mccolley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Deep Water Environmental Survival Training (DWEST) students release green sea marker dye into the water during a training exercise. The dye is used to aid rescuers in locating the life raft. PHOTO from July 1984 All Hands Magazine

Deep Water Environmental Survival Training (DWEST) students release gr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David B. Loveall Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC) Aviators, attending the Aviation Survival Training Center located at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, California (CA), use their flight helmets to bail water out of a life raft, during Aviation Water Survival refresher training. The center trains and qualifies more than 8,000 military aviators each year in water survival and escape techniques

US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC) Aviators, attending the Aviat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Sw) Arlo K. Abrahamso... More

Coast Guard rescues 7 from sinking vessel in Thorne Bay, Alaska

Coast Guard rescues 7 from sinking vessel in Thorne Bay, Alaska

An inflatable life raft sits in Thorne Bay after a Coast Guard Station Ketchikan Response Boat-Medium boat crew rescued seven people from a sinking vessel in Thorne Bay, Alaska, June 29, 2018. All seven people ... More

Crew members load life rafts aboard an AC-130H Hercules aircraft while preparing for a training flight. They are assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing

Crew members load life rafts aboard an AC-130H Hercules aircraft while...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Johnson And SGT Mckinley Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A student of Deep Water Environmental Survival Training (DWEST) struggles to inflate an LR-1 life raft as part of the training course. All Hands Magazine - July 1984

A student of Deep Water Environmental Survival Training (DWEST) strugg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David B. Loveall Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron climb into a life raft during a C-9 Nightingale aircraft egress training exercise at the Lufthansa German Airlines water egress training facility. The exercise provides instruction for procedures in case of an actual water ditching emergency

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron climb into a life r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare a child's life raft during a Nightingale aircraft egress training exercise at the Lufthansa German Airlines water egress training facility. The exercise provides instruction for procedures in case of an actual water ditching emergency

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare a child's l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

An instructor prepares to inflate a 4-man life raft as a reservist treads water in the background during water survival training conducted by the Naval Air Reserve, Jacksonville in conjunction with the Fleet Aviation Specialized Operations Training Group

An instructor prepares to inflate a 4-man life raft as a reservist tre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Loren Barnes, USN Release... More

PFC Pedro White packs a seat pan for a plane's ejection seat in the life raft/seat pan shop

PFC Pedro White packs a seat pan for a plane's ejection seat in the li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Rick Ecker Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

Recruits from Division 109 awaiting rescue in a life raft during the Abandon Ship Scenario of Battle Stations at Recruit Training Center Great Lakes

Recruits from Division 109 awaiting rescue in a life raft during the A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Recruit Trng Ctr, Great Lakes State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Jim Hampshire Release Stat... More

Aircrew members from 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, in the process of erecting a canopy over their LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Raft, during survival training on Lake Michigan as part of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001. Individual aircrew members are wearing LPU-10/P life preservers

Aircrew members from 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell Intern...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas C. Gould, a flight equipment

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas C. Gould, a flight equipment

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas C. Gould, a flight equipment technician assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 14, repairs an oxygen regulator from a KC-130J Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station Ch... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron climb out of a life raft during a C-9 Nightingale aircraft egress training exercise at the Lufthansa German Airlines water egress training facility. The exercise provides instruction for procedures in case of an actual water ditching emergency

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron climb out of a life...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron help secure a canopy in place on a life raft during a C-9 Nightingale aircraft egress training exercise at the Lufthansa German Airlines water egress training facility. The exercise provides instruction for procedures in case of an actual water ditching emergency

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron help secure a canop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

Crew members of a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2) SH-3H Sea King helicopter watch from a life raft as their helicopter slowly sinks into the ocean. The helicopter suffered engine failure while conducting a routine anti-submarine warfare patrol around the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

Crew members of a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2) SH-3H Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Navy divers wait to be lowered from two Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2) SH-3H Sea King helicopters hovering over a life raft and sinking Sea King helicopter that crashed while conducting a routine anti-submarine warfare patrol

U.S. Navy divers wait to be lowered from two Helicopter Anti-submarine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

PFC Pedro White packs a seat pan for a plane's ejection seat in the life raft/seat pan shop

PFC Pedro White packs a seat pan for a plane's ejection seat in the li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Rick Ecker Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Omar Bolanos, 363rd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Survival Equipment Apprentice, inspects a carbon dioxide cylinder on a one-man life raft, while deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Omar Bolanos, 363rd Exped...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Timothy Cook, USAF Relea... More

Yokota Air Base, Japan, US Air Force (USAF) personnel from 374th Airlift Wing (AW), familiarize themselves with water survival equipment inside a 20-man life raft during refresher training in an indoor swimming pool

Yokota Air Base, Japan, US Air Force (USAF) personnel from 374th Airli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: Digital Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

Yokota Air Base, Japan, US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members with the 374th Airlift Wing (AW), install the canopy of their 20-man life raft during water survival refresher training

Yokota Air Base, Japan, US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members with the 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: Digital Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during safety tests

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron are seated in a life raft during a C-9 Nightingale aircraft egress training exercise at the Lufthansa German Airlines water egress training facility. The exercise provides instruction for procedures in case of an actual water ditching emergency

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron are seated in a lif...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

Colonel James Longtine, 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, takes the plunge into Lake Michigan for a swim to the LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Raft as part of aircrew survival training during Exercise WHITETAIL 2001

Colonel James Longtine, 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell Int...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 145th Operations Group

U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 145th Operations Group

U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 145th Operations Group practice parachute entanglement procedures during a water survival refresher course held at Camp John J. Barnhardt, New London, N.C., Sept. 10, 2016. Aircrew ... More

[Three sunburned dilate men on a life raft in the middle of the ocean] (Information on cover sheet:  "Don't Shut Your Eyes. Tighten Your Belt" and "And you talk about sacrifice.  Share your share.") [Peter Blume]

[Three sunburned dilate men on a life raft in the middle of the ocean]...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A member of the combat control team swims towards the 20-man life raft

A member of the combat control team swims towards the 20-man life raft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bertram W. I. Mau Release Status: R... More

Sergeant Anthony Madden of the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Division life support section instructs First Lieutenant Larry Taic in the use of the one-man life raft during a survival training class

Sergeant Anthony Madden of the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Divi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Olivo Reynaldo Release Status: Re... More

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during safety tests

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare a life raft during a C-9 Nightingale aircraft egress training exercise at the Lufthansa German Airlines water egress training facility. The exercise provides instruction for procedures in case of an actual water ditching emergency

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare a life raft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

A student helps secure a downed aviator in a life raft during a simulated rescue, part of the twenty-day, intensive training course at the Navy Rescue Swimmer School. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A student helps secure a downed aviator in a life raft during a simula...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

Crew members aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) carry one of three rescued civilian sailors across the ship's flight deck. Marc Dupauillion, Edward Provost and Allison Wilcox were rescued by SH-3 Sea King helicopter off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey, after spending ten days at sea in a life raft. Their sailboat had capsized near Delaware during Hurricane Bob.

Crew members aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) carry one...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean(AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Air Force 352nd Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructors STAFF SGT. Lorenzo Sanchez, and 100th Operations Support Squadron STAFF SGT. Wayde Warfield, prepare a class for a 20-person life raft drill. at the Lowestoft College Environmental Training Tank, Unitied Kingdom, on Dec. 8, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Franklin J. Perkins) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 352nd Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lowestoft College State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ted Schuster, a pilot from

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ted Schuster, a pilot from

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ted Schuster, a pilot from the 185th Theater Aviation Brigade, uses a CSEL radio to contact the Joint Personnel Recovery center during a Search and Rescue exercise Nov. 4, 2015, in the N... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ash Smith, 156th Airlift Squadron,

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ash Smith, 156th Airlift Squadron,

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ash Smith, 156th Airlift Squadron, attaches canopy poles to a 20-man lift raft to erect a canopy to prevent sun exposure during a water survival refresher course held at Camp John J. Barnha... More

A female midshipman, wearing full flight gear, attempts to climb into a life raft during water survival training at the Aviation Physiology Training Unit pool. The midshipman is attending a one-week aviation training program for students enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC)

A female midshipman, wearing full flight gear, attempts to climb into ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Terry C. Mitchell Release S... More

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Manta recovers two

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Manta recovers two

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Manta recovers two fishermen from a raft after their boat sank about 22 miles off South Padre Island, Texas, Sept. 17, 2014. Two other fishermen were found my a Mexican fishin... More

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Brayden Yound, 145th Operations

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Brayden Yound, 145th Operations

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Brayden Yound, 145th Operations Support Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, releases from the simulated parachute during a water survival refresher course held at Camp John J. Ba... More

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during safety tests

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during safety tests

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

An interior view of the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft shows the RSSK-1A Rigid Seat Survival Kit, which secures a life raft and survival equipment to a jet crewman's ejection seat system. The cockpit is on display at the station's Aviation Physiology Training Unit

An interior view of the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft shows th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 D. Mcclure Release Status: Re... More

A student in the Naval Aviation Water Survival Training Program (NAWSTP) attempts to climb into a life raft

A student in the Naval Aviation Water Survival Training Program (NAWST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michelle R. Quinn Release... More

U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadon life support technicians SENIOR Airmen Brandy Walker (left), and Patrina Fonville (right), examine survival equipment from a 20-man life raft kit at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Oct. 8, 2004.  (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadon life support technician...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

U.S. Airman assigned to the North Carolina Air National

U.S. Airman assigned to the North Carolina Air National

U.S. Airman assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guardsmen head back to shore after learning various methods of rescue and survival on a raft in the water during an annual Water Survival Refresher Course... More

Survivors look on from a life raft as a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2) SH-3H Sea King helicopter slowing sinks beneath the surface of the water after crashing. The helicopter suffered engine failure while conducting a routine anti-submarine warfare patrol around the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

Survivors look on from a life raft as a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Medics set down a litter with one of three rescued civilian sailors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). Marc Dupaullion, Edward Provost and Allison Wilcox were rescued by SH-3 Sea King helicopter off the coast of Cape May, N.J., after spending ten days at sea in a life raft. Their sailboat had capsized near Delaware during Hurricane Bob.

Medics set down a litter with one of three rescued civilian sailors on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean(AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Air Force STAFF Sergeant Lisa Ebeling, a life support technician from the 62nd Operations Support Squadron, folds a one-man life raft during inspection at at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., on Nov. 5, 2004. Periodical inspections must be done on all flight equipment at 30, 90, and 120-day intervals.  (USAF photo by Kevin J. Tosh Jr., CIV) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF Sergeant Lisa Ebeling, a life support technician ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kevin Tosh Jr., CIV Release Status:... More

Coast Guard searching for possible missing people in the water near Buxton, N.C.

Coast Guard searching for possible missing people in the water near Bu...

The Coast Guard is searching for a possible person or persons in the water approximately one mile offshore of Buxton, N.C., Nov. 5, 2020. Anyone with information regarding the possible origin of the life raft i... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. William Puckett (left),

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. William Puckett (left),

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. William Puckett (left), 145th Operations Support Squadron, instructs aircrew members of the 145th Operations Group on use and operation of a 20-man life raft during a water survival r... More

Photograph of Men Testing Rubber Life-Rafts and Accessories off Cape Fear, North Carolina

Photograph of Men Testing Rubber Life-Rafts and Accessories off Cape F...

Original caption: Tests of rubber life-rafts and accessories conducted by six men off Cape Fear, N.C. After only one day on the raft, the "survivors" looked like this. Ample protection from the sun is needed o... More

Photograph of Apollo 12 Astronauts Awaiting Pickup by Rescue Helicopter

Photograph of Apollo 12 Astronauts Awaiting Pickup by Rescue Helicopte...

APOLLO 12 PACIFIC RECOVERY AREA - Apollo 12 astronauts, left to right, Alan L. Bean, Richard F. Gordon, Jr., and Charles Conrad, Jr., sit in life raft with U.S. Navy pararescueman awaiting pickup by rescue heli... More

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during safety tests

A life raft automatically inflates from the wing of an aircraft during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Astronaut Judy Resnick inflates a solar water still during20-man life raft training on Biscayne Bay. The exercise is being conducted by the Air Training Command sea survival school

Astronaut Judy Resnick inflates a solar water still during20-man life ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Stephenson Release Status:... More

A 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing life support specialist packs a life raft after inspection

A 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing life support specialist pack...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul N. Hayashi Release Status: R... More

A view of the amidships section of the guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG 23), showing the ship's 26-foot power launch. On the left are three quick-release life raft containers

A view of the amidships section of the guided missile destroyer USS RI...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Usn, (Ret.) Rel... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron pull a canopy into place on a life raft during a C-9 Nightingale aircraft egress training exercise at the Lufthansa German Airlines water egress training facility. The exercise provides instruction for procedures in case of an actual water ditching emergency

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron pull a canopy into ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron place a doll into a life raft during a C-9 Nightingale aircraft egress training exercise at the Lufthansa German Airlines water egress training facility. The exercise provides instruction for procedures in case of an actual water ditching emergency

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron place a doll into a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Frankfurt Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

One of three rescued civilian sailors attempts to communicate with a crew member aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). Marc Dupauillion, Edward Provost and Allison Wilcox were rescued by SH-3 Sea King helicopter off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey, after spending ten days at sea in a life raft. Their sailboat had capsized near Delaware during Hurricane Bob.

One of three rescued civilian sailors attempts to communicate with a c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean(AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Coast Guard cutter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin stands by as aircrews from 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee practice survival training onboard their LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Rafts on Lake Michigan, of the coast of Wisconsin. The aircrews are part of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001

A US Coast Guard cutter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin stands by as aircrew...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Belisle,

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Belisle,

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Belisle, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Sitka, Alaska, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Walters, a crew member at Aids to Navigation Team Sitka, help students into ... More

A student capstone team from Michigan Technological

A student capstone team from Michigan Technological

A student capstone team from Michigan Technological University gets a close look at a maritime rescue helicopter during an Oct. 19, 2018, team gathering. The group is collaborating with the Air Force Research L... More

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Alonzo Shaul

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Alonzo Shaul

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 2nd Class Alonzo Shaul inflates a life raft in the parachute loft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Waters, of West

Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Waters, of West

Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Waters, of West Hills, Calif., checks the expiration date on an emergency life raft, as part of a simulated fisheries boarding conducted at the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Re... More

Aerial survey of Kulluk and life rafts

Aerial survey of Kulluk and life rafts

The conical drilling unit Kulluk sits grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. The Kulluk grounded after many efforts by tug vessel crews and Coast Guard crews to move the vessel to s... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Roberto F. Cantu, a flight

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Roberto F. Cantu, a flight

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Roberto F. Cantu, a flight equipment technician assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 14, replaces expired supplies from the lift raft of a KC-130J Hercules on Mari... More

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter William

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter William

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter William Tate, home-ported in Philadelphia, inflate a life raft during a mass rescue operation exercise here Sept. 16, 2011. The exercise was designed to simulate an em... More

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Donald Dukes, a pilot from

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Donald Dukes, a pilot from

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Donald Dukes, a pilot from the 185th Theater Aviation Brigade, uses a Combat, Survivor, Evader, Locator (CSEL) radio to contact the Joint Personnel Recovery center during a Search and Re... More

U.S. Air Force members of the 145th Operations Group

U.S. Air Force members of the 145th Operations Group

U.S. Air Force members of the 145th Operations Group swim out to 20-man life rafts wearing life preserver units to simulate an over water aircraft accident during a water survival refresher course held at Camp ... More

AirSta LA Wet Drills - U.S. Coast guard photo

AirSta LA Wet Drills - U.S. Coast guard photo

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. - Air crewmembers from Air Station Los Angeles practice climbing into a survivoral raft during annual wet drills, Sept. 15, 2010. Crews tested their dry suits, fired flares, completed a 7... More

A student capstone team from Michigan Technological

A student capstone team from Michigan Technological

A student capstone team from Michigan Technological University discusses project challenges during an Oct. 19, 2018, brainstorming session. The team is participating in a collaborative effort with the Air Force... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tanner A. Linet, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tanner A. Linet, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tanner A. Linet, left, and Lance Cpl. Roberto F. Cantu, flight equipment technicians assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 14, take inventory of expired supplies fro... More

Life raft maintenance - A man in a life jacket and helmet holding a baseball bat

Life raft maintenance - A man in a life jacket and helmet holding a ba...

150316-N-MU551-031 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (March 16, 2015) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Sean Wilhelm is lowered over the side while performing maintenance to life rafts aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 7... More

Coast Guard rescues Austrian boater from life raft in the Atlantic Ocean

Coast Guard rescues Austrian boater from life raft in the Atlantic Oce...

Austrian boater Wolfgang Sloma, 56, at Coast Guard Air Station Boriquen in Puerto Rico, after he was rescued Sunday by the crew of a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean, ... More

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak recover a life raft during a law enforcement patrol near Three Saints Bay, Alaska, Sept. 18, 2019. A hunter had been rescued from the life ra... More

US COAST GUARD Sea Scouts, San Diego, California

US COAST GUARD Sea Scouts, San Diego, California

SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Robyn Hamilton (in black), a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, teaches Sea Scouts how to right a life raft in the event of an emergency during Safety at Sea Da... More

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Manta recovers two

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Manta recovers two

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Manta recovers two fishermen from a raft after their boat sank about 22 miles off South Padre Island, Texas, Sept. 17, 2014. Two other fishermen were found my a Mexican fishin... More

The USAV Corinth prepares to pick up the Hard 7S life

The USAV Corinth prepares to pick up the Hard 7S life

The USAV Corinth prepares to pick up the Hard 7S life raft after a search and rescue training exercise in the Northern Arabian Gulf, Oct. 27, 2015. The training was conducted with personnel from the 185th TAB ... More

Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, 1st Coast Guard District commander,

Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, 1st Coast Guard District commander,

Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, 1st Coast Guard District commander, joins crews from the 1st District in cold water survival training in Boston Harbor, May 21, 2015. Cold water survival becomes a major focus in the 1st ... More

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Michael Needham, a simulated

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Michael Needham, a simulated

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Michael Needham, a simulated downed air crewmember, prepares to shoot a flare during a search and rescue training exercise on Oct. 27, 2015 in the Northern Arabian Gulf. The training wa... More

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aviators swim back to

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aviators swim back to

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aviators swim back to shore after they departed from an inflatable raft in Women's Bay on Kodiak Island, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2017. Coast Guard aircrews conduct annual aviation water... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas C. Gould, a flight equipment

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas C. Gould, a flight equipment

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas C. Gould, a flight equipment technician assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 14, repairs an oxygen regulator from a KC-130J Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station Ch... More

A U.S. Airman with the 156th Airlift Squadron, North

A U.S. Airman with the 156th Airlift Squadron, North

A U.S. Airman with the 156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard guides himself and learns the proper way to detangle from a parachute in the water during an annual Water Survival Refresher Cour... More

AirSta LA Wet Drills - U.S. Coast guard photo

AirSta LA Wet Drills - U.S. Coast guard photo

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. - A MH-65C Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station Los Angeles hoists a flight mechanic during annual wet drills, Sept. 15, 2010. Crews tested their dry suits, fired flares, completed... More

US COAST GUARD Survival swim, San Diego, California

US COAST GUARD Survival swim, San Diego, California

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego area Sea Scouts climb into a life raft as part of a survival swim during Safety at Sea Day hosted by Coast Guard Sector San Diego, April 23, 2011. The event included stations that taught... More

Coast Guard rescues man from life raft near Diamond Head

Coast Guard rescues man from life raft near Diamond Head

This graphic depicts the approximate location of a vessel in distress and the potential search areas plotted by the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center, Aug. 12, 2014. A man was rescued from a life raft ... More

The Coast Guard rescued two people after their 35-foot

The Coast Guard rescued two people after their 35-foot

The Coast Guard rescued two people after their 35-foot fishing boat caught fire and began to take on water approximately 15 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C., July 16, 2020. A boatcrew from Station Fort Mac... More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the North Carolina Air National

U.S. Airmen assigned to the North Carolina Air National

U.S. Airmen assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard with the 156th Airlift Squadron adjust their life preserving straps prior to training the proper way to detangle from a parachute in the water durin... More

Aerial survey of Kulluk and life rafts

Aerial survey of Kulluk and life rafts

A life raft belonging to the conical drilling unit Kulluk, sits on the beach adjacent to the barge 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. The Kulluk grounded after many efforts by tug vessel... More

Airman Matthew Smither, 361st Training Squadron aircrew

Airman Matthew Smither, 361st Training Squadron aircrew

Airman Matthew Smither, 361st Training Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentice course student inflates a life raft at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, August 11, 2017. In this course, students ensure that t... More

Life Raft - A group of soldiers standing around a tarp

Life Raft - A group of soldiers standing around a tarp

Staff Sgt. Dieri Dieujuste, 361st Training Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentice course instructor shows students how to properly inflate a life raft at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, August 11, 2017. I... More

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak recover a life raft during a law enforcement patrol near Three Saints Bay, Alaska, Sept. 18, 2019. A hunter had been rescued from the life ra... More

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak recover a life raft during a law enforcement patrol near Three Saints Bay, Alaska, Sept. 18, 2019. A hunter had been rescued from the life ra... More

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