Calm in the Chaos - U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer Podcast18 Juli

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, Bryan shares 20 years of service split between the U.S. Navy and the Michigan Army National Guard: flying tanker escorts through Persian Gulf minefields during the Iran-Iraq War, rescuing a flipped Zodiac while sharks circled below, and later trading Navy wings for a decade as a Huey crew chief fighting wildfires and training Navy SEALs for Afghanistan.

In this episode:

The twist of fate that kept him off the USS Stark before it was hit by two Exocet missiles
Flying tanker escort missions through Persian Gulf minefields during the Iran-Iraq War
The night the USS Samuel B. Roberts hit a mine—and locking and loading on one of his own
Rescuing a flipped Zodiac in the Atlantic, circled by sharks
Trading Navy wings for a decade as a Huey crew chief in the Michigan Army National Guard
Training Navy SEAL Team 1 ahead of their deployment into Afghanistan

Two branches, two decades, and one calm head no matter what got thrown at him.

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26 Years, 10 Deployments & Full Circle at Rescue Swimmer School | Jeff Plowman | Ep. 65

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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...

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A Secret Six-Day Mission Into Iraq & "The Only One Who Ever Rescued a Rescue Swimmer" | Aviation Rescue Swimmer Scott Haskell | Ep. 62

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Navy Rescue Swimmer Collin Koss – Multiple Rescues, F/A-18 Ejection, and the Journey to Officer

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16 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Maj 48min