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Rescue swimmers are aviation survival technicians, a brutally challenging role with a 73% attrition rate. They are trained in emergency medical care, survival gear maintenance, and possess a secret skill: sewing, allowing them to repair flight suits and life-saving equipment.
- 🪡 Rescue swimmers are trained in sewing to repair flight suits, make bags, and maintain survival gear.
- 🤿 Their kit includes flares, a strobe light, signal mirror, whistle, webbing cutter, personal locator beacon (PLB), torque screwdriver, high-calorie snacks, a desalination kit, and a blunt-tip knife.
- 🪖 Air crew survival vests contain flares, strobe lights, signal mirrors, whistles, webbing cutters, and PLBs registered to their unit.
- 💪 Becoming a rescue swimmer involves a 4-month preparation program followed by a 6-month A-school with a high attrition rate, then a 6-month apprenticeship.
- 🚁 They also maintain helicopter floatation devices, ensuring they can be packed into small containers for emergency water landings.
A man in a US Coast Guard uniform points to a pile of black gear, with text overlay reading "LIFE SAVING GEAR".