Mario Vittone Biography

Mario's first encounter with at-sea incidents occurred in 1985 while serving as ship's company aboard the USS Coral Sea, a WWII-era aircraft carrier. He joined the Coast Guard in 1991 and worked as a helmsman and small boat coxswain at Training Center Cape May before transferring to the Cutter Point Franklin. In 1994, he graduated from Helicopter Rescue Swimmer School and began his helicopter rescue career with two tours at Air Station Elizabeth City, one at Air Station New Orleans, and ultimately as a teacher and course creator at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, NC. The Distinguished Flying Cross and the Gold Medal of the Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) are among his honors. He was selected Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year in 2007 and received the Alex Haley Award for Journalism in 2009.

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