What can I say? It doesn’t bother me. Like you said, there may have been a Coast Guard boat standing at the ready with uniforms all ready for our boys. It’s suspension of disbelief that totally works for me. I don’t need to see every detail - landing the chopper, getting on the boat, taking off their clothes and putting on Coast Guard uniforms. It’s all left to the imagination. Obviously there’s some time compression there too. But it works for me. Honestly I never questioned it.

Sometimes if the story works I just go along with it and don’t question some odd bits. Nothing is ever perfect. If one starts nit-picking too much it gets harder to appreciate even the really good episodes.