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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })A 2006 film starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher, that centers around Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technicians, or rescue swimmersSenior Chief Petty Officer Ben Randall of Coast Guard Station Kodiak, Alaska is a legend among Coast Guard rescue swimmers. He has more than two hundred saves, holds all the records, and has been allowed to stay on past the usual retirement age. But then, a rescue mission in the Bering Sea goes terribly wrong. His helicopter crashes while trying to pull him and a shipwreck survivor out of the water. Out of his crew, only Randall survives.After this, he is sent for some slower paced work training the next generation of rescue swimmers at the AST. There he throws out the usual training regimen in favor of a more practical curriculum, and very strict standards of performance. Here he meets Jake Fischer, a young swimming champ, who declares his intention to break all Randall's records. This starts a sort of rivalry between them, with Fischer trying to impress Randall, and Randall trying to get Fischer to quit or reveal the real reason he's in A-School. Eventually, they both realize that the other is being tormented by demons similar to his own, and that they are Not So Different after all.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Not to be confused with the British newspaper. Or the series Simon Baker was in before he was The Mentalist. Or the 1990 horror film of the same name.
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 The Atoner: Randall and Jake turns out to be this as well.
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 Bar Brawl: Fischer and Hodge get into one with some Navy guys.
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 Badass Boast: Jake makes one after the A-School CO gives his speech. Who then retorts that the record holder was standing at the back of the room. It wasn't just boasting. When given a chance to break the records, Jake smashes every single record the school holds. Except one. The record for not letting a victim go, which Randall holds... by holding onto a man for 20 minutes, due to a jammed cable, with just finger tips. This turns out to be the reason why Randall assigns Jake to Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak. Someone with Jakes swimming ability is perfectly suited for the single most dangerous stretch of sea in North America, where dozens of ships are lost each month.
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 The Ace: Jake.
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