The Coast Guard's Advanced Helicopter Rescue School, offers courses in Astoria, Ore., in early spring and late fall to take advantage of the heavy seas and inclement weather patterns that cross the Northwest. HH-65 Dolphin and HH-60 Jawhawk helicopter crews from around the country spend a week in intensive training led by instructor staff from Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala. Here, crew from an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter lowers a rescue swimmer in an exercise simulating a plane crash. A rescue is a highly orchestrated ballet requiring sophisticated flying and precisely synchronized communication among crew members.