One interesting note is that almost no civilian SAR units have ever won awards for daring rescues (ie Maisie Lewis award, GAPAN awards etc) it has always been the military who seem to have gone out in the most diabolical of conditions.
Bismark - or is it that the civvies just get on with the job without any self publicity or writing each other up for career progression?
Said without taking anything away from the sterling job performed by our own SAR boys of course.