ASTORIA, Ore. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Gaenzle, an aviation survival technician at Air Station Astoria, Ore., returns from a training flight aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, Aug. 22, 2011.
Gaenzle saved his first life in a daring cliff rescue near Archer Mountain in Skamania County, Wash., July 29, 2011.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn