i be a petty officer 1st class ( e 6 ) and have be in the uscg for 6 year and feel that this movie strongly represent the coast guard . there be only a few scene that be far fetch . the most far fetch be when po fischer ( kutcher ) go down inside of the sink vessel to pull the vessel captain out of the engine room . that would never happen . swimmer be not allow to go inside of any vessel no matter the circumstance . second and the command center ( supposedly in kodiak ) and it look more like a nasa command center . we do not have any gear that hi tech . third and the captain of the airstation would not be run the search and rescue case with like 10 people on watch . in reality it would be an e 6 or e 7 a the sar controller and maybe 2 other support personnel like an assist sar controller and a radio watchstander . otherwise the movie be dead on and i think they should have incorporate more of the other rate in the cg and their role in search and rescue instead of just aviation base rate . some of the scene from a school remind me of my day their and the dumb stuff i do and get in trouble for in my young day .