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How Coast Guard Surfmen Train for Massive Waves

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Feb. 3, 2023 | 7:41

Students attend the elite 47-Foot Motor Lifeboat Surfman Course at the U.S. Coast Guard's National Motor Lifeboat School in Ilwaco, Washington, Feb. 3, 2023. On the final day of the course, the students assisted in a multi-unit response to rescue a mariner after a wave capsizes the 32-foot disabled motor vessel Sand Piper near Astoria, Oregon. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)

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