26 Years, 10 Deployments & Full Circle at Rescue Swimmer School | Jeff Plowman | Ep. 65
Not every rescue swimmer's story is about the water. Some of the most important ones are about who gets built in the schoolhouse.In this episode of Calm in the Chaos, newly retired Senior Chief Jeff P...
1 Sep 1h 13min
From Rescuing a SEAL to Flying Dust-Off Missions in Iraq | Shane Hallesy | Ep. 63
A Navy SEAL missed the deck during a night fast-rope insertion, and it fell to Shane Hallesy to go in after him—one small piece of a career that spans Navy rescue swimmer, Army Blackhawk pilot, and fe...
18 Jul 1h 20min
A Secret Six-Day Mission Into Iraq & "The Only One Who Ever Rescued a Rescue Swimmer" | Aviation Rescue Swimmer Scott Haskell | Ep. 62
Scott Haskell and his crewmate Tater have a standing joke: they're one of the only rescue swimmers who ever rescued a rescue swimmer.In this episode of Calm in the Chaos, Anthony Haskell shares 20 yea...
18 Jul 1h 37min
Dodging the USS Stark, a Minefield in the Persian Gulf & Sharks Under a Flipped Zodiac | Aviation Rescue Swimmer Bryan Huggett | Ep. 61
A last-minute decision to re-enlist and go home to get married kept Bryan Huggett off the USS Stark—just months before it was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles.In this episode of Calm in the Chaos, ...
18 Jul 1h 1min
Navy Rescue Swimmer Collin Koss – Multiple Rescues, F/A-18 Ejection, and the Journey to Officer
Collin Koss built a remarkable Navy career as a Rescue Swimmer, performing multiple rescues at sea before witnessing one of the most harrowing moments imaginable — an F/A-18 ejection that struck the b...
16 Jul 1h 6min
20 Years, Parkinson’s Diagnosis & a Door Through the Rotors | Aviation Rescue Swimmer Kevin McNease
Some warriors fight their battles in the ocean. Others fight them long after the uniform comes off.In this episode of Calm in the Chaos, Kevin McNease shares 20 years of service as a U.S. Navy Aviatio...
3 Jun 59min
Helicopter Crash at Night + Russian Sub Contact | Aviation Rescue Swimmer Richard Swope
Some missions go wrong before they even begin. Others turn into something no one could have planned for.In this episode of Calm in the Chaos, Richard Swope shares his career as a U.S. Navy Aviation Re...
3 Jun 57min
Hoisted Down to the Orion Capsule | Artemis II Astronaut Recovery Rescue Swimmer Chris Upton | Ep. 60
The whole world watched the Orion capsule splash down in the Pacific and the U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer hanging from a cable beneath an MH-60S Sea Hawk—lowered down to bring the astronauts home...
4 Mai 48min
