An Oregon Coast Guard chopper crew pulled two teens and a would-be firefighter rescuer off a dangerous cliff along the ...

Scott Ruskan finished his training with the coast guard just six months ago; the Texas floods were his first rescue mission.

A U.S. Coast Guard swimmer from New Jersey, who finished basic training last year, saved 165 lives on his first mission during the Independence Day flood in Kerr County.

The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as an accountant before enlisting, and had ...