WEBVTT 00:03.540 --> 00:07.320 the U . S . Coast 00:07.320 --> 00:09.431 Guard cutter Sequoia was in the chuck 00:09.431 --> 00:11.598 islands in Micronesia for a search and 00:11.598 --> 00:13.709 rescue exercise . So we'll be sure to 00:13.709 --> 00:15.840 search this area While the ship and 00:15.840 --> 00:18.062 crew were there a real world search and 00:18.062 --> 00:20.880 rescue case came up would be viable to 00:20.880 --> 00:22.824 voters were heading for chuck from 00:22.824 --> 00:24.936 another . A toll to the north in a 23 00:24.936 --> 00:26.936 ft skiff . The boat didn't arrive . 00:26.936 --> 00:29.180 Friends and relatives scoured the reef 00:29.180 --> 00:31.460 line and around the near shore . A 00:31.460 --> 00:33.790 tolls to see if they may have come 00:33.790 --> 00:35.900 ashore somewhere else . Uh when they 00:35.900 --> 00:38.440 were unable to locate their relatives , 00:38.450 --> 00:40.394 they contacted the Coast Guard For 00:40.394 --> 00:42.740 assistance . We coordinated the rescue 00:42.750 --> 00:46.280 uh utilizing a Marine Corps C 1 00:46.280 --> 00:49.030 30 to conduct a search . The C 1 30 00:49.030 --> 00:51.141 found the two passengers on the first 00:51.141 --> 00:53.308 search attempt . The search and rescue 00:53.308 --> 00:55.474 or SAR took advantage of research from 00:55.474 --> 00:57.808 a team of oceanographers on the Sequoia . 00:57.808 --> 00:59.641 The scientists were studying how 00:59.641 --> 01:01.808 different types of watercraft drift on 01:01.808 --> 01:03.919 the open ocean . The information that 01:03.919 --> 01:05.880 we derived from our research was 01:05.880 --> 01:08.790 applied to this actual case . That 01:08.790 --> 01:11.220 information allowed us to accurately 01:11.220 --> 01:13.870 track the movement of the skiff . And 01:13.870 --> 01:15.920 on the very first search and the 01:15.920 --> 01:18.830 highest probability area the vessel was 01:18.830 --> 01:20.663 located . The team looked at the 01:20.663 --> 01:22.497 boaters original course and then 01:22.497 --> 01:24.441 plotted their most likely location 01:24.441 --> 01:26.663 based on ocean drift data . So we drift 01:26.663 --> 01:29.310 them out from this track line . And 01:29.310 --> 01:31.800 then we had to see when 30 fly back and 01:31.800 --> 01:35.010 forth across here and they located them 01:35.020 --> 01:37.830 in this position in this position here , 01:37.830 --> 01:40.080 right in the center of the highest 01:40.080 --> 01:42.460 probability search area . Red being hot 01:42.470 --> 01:45.360 and high and blue being less probable . 01:45.440 --> 01:47.607 These skiffs are hard to spot from the 01:47.607 --> 01:49.773 air because of their color and lack of 01:49.773 --> 01:52.051 metallic material for radar reflection , 01:52.051 --> 01:54.051 so the data has already been a game 01:54.051 --> 01:56.384 changer for the Coast Guard SAR mission . 01:56.384 --> 01:58.440 Typically , these cases go on for an 01:58.440 --> 02:00.662 extended period of time , sometimes 345 02:00.662 --> 02:03.480 days , even a week . Because these 02:03.510 --> 02:06.030 skiffs were very hard to track , and 02:06.030 --> 02:09.280 that was what drove the research . The 02:09.280 --> 02:11.391 team will continue to analyze data it 02:11.391 --> 02:13.613 gathered for different sizes and shapes 02:13.613 --> 02:15.502 of vessels based on the number of 02:15.502 --> 02:17.391 people aboard . That data will be 02:17.391 --> 02:19.613 available to the Coast Guard for future 02:19.613 --> 02:21.502 SAR cases . Tech Sergeant Michael 02:21.502 --> 02:22.560 Jackson , chuck , Micronesia .