Episode 45

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27th Jul 2025

Daily Life Working As A Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer - With Aviation Survivalist Technician (AST3) Max Gardiner

In this episode of the Coast To Coasties podcast, I sit down with Aviation Survivalist Technician (AST3) Max Gardiner to discuss the daily work life of a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. While day-day work life will change greatly depending on where an individual is stationed, Max provides great insight on what his job entails to ensure he stays both proficient and ready to execute the Coast Guard mission of being a Rescue Swimmer. He shares schooling and opportunities ASTs have to improve on their rescue capabilities and train in many diverse settings a swimmer could potentially encounter while on the job in numerous sea state and inland river and land environmental conditions. If you enjoyed part 1 with Max you are guaranteed to enjoy part 2 just as much, tune in and listen to the exciting story of daily work life of a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer!

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Coast To Coasties
This podcast is dedicated to those interested in learning more about the United States Coast Guard through the lens of myself as an active duty Coast Guard member. My goal is to bring guests from all different sections of the Coast Guard both active, reserve, and retired as well as member from the civilian maritime industry to share their stories and experiences. This will better my listeners understanding of what the Coast Guard does, why we love what we do, and inform you of how cool and amazing the job is that we perform on a daily basis. Fans, Prospective Recruits, Family, Military, And people just interested in general about the Coast Guard will all find great enjoyment listening to the Coast To Coasties Podcast. Thank You for listening and stay Semper Paratus!

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Hunter Giacomuzzi

Active duty Ensign Marine Inspector serving in the United States Coast Guard, aiming to bring content and information about our wonderful service to as many listeners as possible in my informative podcast show