About Mario Vittone

Mario Vittone has twenty years of combined military service in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. His writing on maritime safety has appeared in Yachting, SaltWater Sportsman,MotorBoating, On-Scene, Lifelines, and Reader's Digest magazine. He has lectured extensively on topics ranging from leadership to sea survival and immersion hypothermia. The views and opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily those of the Department of Homeland Security or the U.S. Coast Guard.

Posts by Mario Vittone:

• 406 EPIRBS are Digital, Right?
• Emergencies at Sea – Practicing What Can’t be Practiced
• The Truth About Cold Water Recovery
• Marine Flares – More Than Meets the Eye
• The Truth About Cold Water
• Speaking of Drowning
• Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning