![Photo of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescue swimmer hoists a Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technician while conducting joint training in Sitka Sound, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2019. (Image credit: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) Photo of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescue swimmer hoists a Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technician while conducting joint training in Sitka Sound, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2024-01/PHOTO-US-Coast-Guard-rescue-Sitka-Sound-Alaska-022719-US-Coast-Guard.jpg?h=71dc26b4&itok=i0a2t8_6)
Photo of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescue swimmer hoists a Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technician while conducting joint training in Sitka Sound, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2019. Today 98% of all 406 ELT, EPIRB and PLB Beacon activations are false alarms. Beacon registration information means that most inadvertent activation cases are resolved with a phone call. (Image credit: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)