Latest "search and rescue" stories

Navy search and rescue team saves sick, injured hikers

Both hikers received treatment at Harborview Medical Center.

By Diana Stancy Correll

4 weeks ago

Navy search and rescue team saves snowmobiler in Washington

The search and rescue ground crew found the snowmobiler was unconscious and had a restricted airway.

By Diana Stancy Correll

6 months ago

The wild story that led to a petty officer’s Navy Marine Corps Medal

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Anthony Anglikowski saved a hiker's life in a treacherous mountain rescue last year.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

10 months ago

Alaska Guardsmen rescue pregnant woman after a snowmobile accident

Pararescuemen spent an hour stabilizing the woman so she could evacuate to a hospital.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

A snowstorm and a plane crash stranded 13 in the Alaskan wilderness. The Guardsmen who rescued them have won an award.

Search-and-rescue crews were trying to help sick mountain climbers when a crashed plane needed them, too.

By Rachel S. Cohen

24 months ago

Navy begins deep-sea recovery mission for remains of 5 sailors and helicopter wreckage

The recovery mission to find and retrieve the wreckage of a downed Navy helicopter and service members who died in the crash has begun in the Pacific.

By Leila Barghouty

2 years ago