I stole this picture from the U.S. Coast Guard website and wished I had one of my own when we got to do high surf training.

I have been lucky enough while working in Santa Rosa, then Sacramento and now with Fox News, to go out with the men and women of the Coast Guard as they conduct their amazing work. I went on high surf training off of Bodega Bay California (Unbelievable!).

We were chained-in with helmets and body suits on. We were told that if the boat capsized, it would right itself in 90 seconds, so hold our breath. When we hit each wave head on, it would knock us backwards like we had driven an SUV into a brick wall. I have spent time with other USCG operations, like the port protection team. We even did lives from Coast Guard Island in Alameda last year after boarding freighters that have just come to port, making sure there was no contamination or national security threat. Great stuff…I look forward to working with them in the coming year.

MEANTIME…check out this link. This is the Coast Guard’s top 10 rescues of 2007! LINK