im petty officer st class e uscg  years feel movie strongly represents coast guard scenes far fetched farfetched po fischer kutcher went inside sinking vessel pull vessels captain engine room would never happen swimmers allowed go inside vessel matter circumstances second command center supposedly kodiak looked like nasa command center gear hitech third captain airstation would running search  rescue cases like  people watch reality would e e sar controller maybe  support personnel like assist sar controller  radio watchstander otherwise movie dead on think incorporated rates cg roles search  rescue instead aviation based rates scenes a school reminded days dumb stuff got trouble younger days