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Randy Boone ASMCS, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired Senior Chief Aviation Survivalman)
23 years U.S. Coast Guard (1973-1996), Owner, Aviation Survival Technologies (1996 to present).
Military Career:
Coast Guard Cutter (Icebreaker) Glacier WAGB-4 , Arctic West 73 (Point Barrow, AK), Two Antarctica Deepfreezes 1974/1975. Deck Force and Quartermaster. (Shellback, Blue Nose)
 
Coast Guard Small Boat Unit, St. Louis, MO. Mississippi River Search and Rescue Team, Small Boat Crewmember.
Aviation Survivalman School, USN Lakehurst, NJ.,
U.S. Coast Guard Air Stations -
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Traverse City MI
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Kodiak, AK (3 tours)
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Elizabeth City NC.
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Clearwater FL.
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Aviation Training Center, Mobile AL
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Aviation Life Support Equipment Prime Unit Office, Supervisor, Mobile AL.
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Recruiting Office, Grand Rapids, MI and Grandview KS.
Aircraft Crew Positions: HU-16E Dropmaster, HC-130H Loadmaster, HC-130 Dropmaster, HC-130 Dropmaster Stan/Instructor Board, HU-25A Dropmaster.
Certifications:
Emergency Medical Technician, University of South Alabama, Mobile AL.
Marine Safety/Survival Instructor, Alaska Marine Safety Education Association(AMSEA), University of Alaska, (Sitka AK.Ext.)
Comprehensive Survival Craft/Survival Suit Training, Marine Survival Training Center, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.
Certified Inspection and Repair of all inflatables, Lifesaving Systems Corporation (LSC), Apollo Beach, FL.
Certified Inspection and Repair of Helicopter Emergency Egress Device (HEED III), Submersable Systems Inc. Huntington Beach, CA.
Central Contractor Registered (DUNS 126240212), USCG Aviation Life Support Equipment Inspector for Eighth Coast Guard District Marine Safety Offices.
Family;
Married to Debra, we have two sons Randy J. and Ryan. Debra is a first grade teacher and recently graduated from Springhill College (Summa Cum Laude) with a MAT in Education, General Studies, and Computer Systems. (And she thinks she's smarter than me..)
Randy James is back home after five years in the U.S. Navy (P3 Squadron) and is now attending the University of South Alabama with a possible continuation of military service after college.
Ryan is on the Fire Rescue Team at Thyssenkrupp Steel and Stainless USA and has done some moonlighting at U.S. Environmental Services, Inc. to help during the oil spill crisis. During his off time, Captain Boone stays busy answering calls for the Seven Hills Volunteer Fire Department.
Marine Survival Technologies
1300 Seven Hills Curve S.
Mobile, AL 36695
(251) 639-9354
astboone@mchsi.com
D.O.D. DUNS # 126240212
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Who do you buy your life support equipment from?
Being a purveyor of liferafts does not make you an expert. When it comes to life support equipment there is no room for mis-information. You need to know what equipment is needed for your flying or boating environment. You need to know that you are buying the best equipment for the best value and that all your questions were answered honesty and with expertise.
How do I consider myself an expert? I know I don't have all the answers, but I know where to look to find them.
Bio:
As an Aviation Survivalman (ASM) with the U.S. Coast Guard, I was required to inspect and repack all life support equipment at my units. Most of the units that I served, carried as many as six C-130s, six HH 65s, and four to six HH60s. Needless to say, I have packed my share of lifevests, liferafts, and parachutes over my twenty-plus years as an ASM. Note: Re-pack cycle for inflatables carried on USCG aircraft is every six months!
Another function of the ASM is to provide training. ASMs are required to perform all land and offshore survival training, shallow water egress (SWET) training, and HEEDIII training, as well as aircraft egress training. As a young ASM, I performed this training, and as a Chief and Senior Chief, I scheduled and supervised it.
In 1994 I was chosen to implement the Aviation Life Support Equipment (ALSE) Prime Unit Office in Mobile Alabama. As supervisor of ALSE Prime Unit, it was my responsibility to ensure all ALSE maintenance procedures were standardized throughout Coast Guard aviation. Myself and four others re-wrote the ALSE maintenance procedures (including liferafts and lifevests) and transposed them into the current computerized maintenance system (CMS) used today.
Other accomplishments include design and implimentation of the liferaft harness currently used on all CG drop liferafts. At one time, You could only drop a C-130 liferaft from a C-130 and a HU-25 liferaft from the HU-25. My design change provided a standard harness assembly where'as all drop rafts could be deployed from any CG aircraft type. In 1995 I designed the current parachute aerial delivery system that allows a large (and heavy) twenty-man liferaft be deployed from a HU-25 Falcon jet.
Prior to my retirement in 1996, I was directed to implement an overwater survival training program that allowed all Eighth District C.G. Marine Safety Unit personnel (Mobile AL to Corpus Christi TX) to recieve the same quality of water survival training and equipment provided at CG Air Stations.
Survival is a very complex subject and water survial knowledge is paramount when directing others on which liferaft to buy or what life support equipment to carry. I have walked the walk and with the subject survival, I love to talk. When you call, you will talk to me.
(251) 639-9354 or (251) 510-5225
"First, thank you for the time and attention you provided in helping me make a selection of the gear that fit my situation and the extra help getting everything set up when I received it. Unusually good customer service, and from an expert as well". David Murphy
"Without benefit of our discussion I would have bought the wrong raft and paid more. It is rare to combine such top notch service with an unbeatable price - keep up the great work"! Jeffrey MacDonald
"When I found Randy, I found exactly what I was looking for. He was knowledgeable about all the rafts on the market, and supplied the material I needed to make a educated decision on my purchase". Clayton Ludington
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