MAPC is pleased to be featured in Sea Technology Magazine’s November 2015 issue: “GARC, Military Rescue Boat: A versatile rescue craft for shallow and open-ocean missions.” The November issue now appears on Sea Technology’s e-Reader, or you can download a reprint of the article here!
Category: GARC
MAPC introduces new video on GARCs in advance of SOFIC
MAPC releases new fast-pace video in advance of SOFIC, 2015 on our YouTube channel. Check it out![wpdevart_youtube]6PlYBbrKhmo[/wpdevart_youtube]
GARC: The First Military Rescue Mission
OKINAWA, Japan: On October 5, 2014 three airmen working at the Kadena Air Force Base were swept into the sea during Typhoon Phanfone, a category-4 storm with winds reaching 150 miles an hour and estimated 15-30 foot high waves. A joint rescue mission, launched by the 31st Air Rescue Squadron stationed at Kadena and the 11th Division of the Japanese Coast Guard and local fire department, began shortly thereafter, deploying two GARCs and six jetskis. Within hours, however, the jetskis were disabled, unable to handle the waves and the breaking…