Mike Folkerts and Dave Borg, boating safety experts at the Coast Guard 17th District prevention department, demonstrate safe personal watercraft operation at Auke Lake in Juneau, Alaska, June 15, 2013. The two men gave a classroom presentation as well as the practical demonstration for Juneau residents interested in teaching a class for other PWC users. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst.

Teaching the Teachers

  The scene on Auke Lake Saturday morning looked like any other sunny day in Southeast Alaska. A pair of personal watercraft was carefully brought down the boat ramp. A small crowd gathered, decked out in flip flops, sunglasses and [...]


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Fire readiness on the Last Frontier

  A thick layer of fog shrouds an empty gravel pit on the Coast Guard base in Kodiak, Alaska. Animals and foliage are hard to find in the wasteland-esq spot, but on May 23, something was stirring in this otherwise [...]


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Coast Guard presents award to heroic school teacher in Kodiak, Alaska

Cindy Blasé, a Kodiak-resident and local school teacher was presented with a Public Service Commendation during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Kodiak on May 14.Blasé was recognized for her heroic efforts to save two lives while vacationing in Puerto [...]


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Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell stretches sea legs in Alaska

Story by Lt. j.g. Eric Balcunas Crewmembers of the San Diego-based Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell ran a 5-kilometer race during a port call in Adak, Alaska, May 23, 2013. The Boutwell crew organized the run to bolster community relations during a [...]


Run to Remember Kodiak

Alaska runs to remember

A group of Juneau Coast Guardsmen and residents huddle at the starting line of the 2013 Run to Remember. Standing in the chilly rain, the shivering participants look ready to kick off the race, but first there is something that [...]


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Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo discusses Arctic operations in Nome and Kotzebue, Alaska

As the nation’s lead federal agency for ensuring maritime safety and security in the Arctic, the Coast Guard will perform its statutory missions to ensure the Arctic remains a safe, secure and environmentally protected region. Rear. Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, [...]


Fifth graders in Mrs. Warner's class ready for a ride to Woody island May 9, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. The Kodiak Auxiliary Flotilla delivered more than 80 lifejackets for the annual camping trip. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Drew Herman.

Coast Guard in Alaska observes National Safe Boating Week

On June 4, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower established National Safe Boating Week as the first week starting on the first Sunday in June. In 1995, the date for National Safe Boating Week was changed to a full week before [...]


U.S. Coast Guard Photo Illustration by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst

Helms and Turntables

Pulsing, multi-colored light dances across the disc jockey’s body as he moves almost frantically from the knobs and sliders to the turntable and back again. His concentration on the beat of the lively electronic dance music is palpable, and the [...]


Chief Petty Officer Brad Venendaal, a boatswain’s mate aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory, leads Paul Banks Elementary School first-grade students on a tour of the cutter’s buoy yard May 3, 2013, in Homer, Alaska. During the tour, students learned about boating and water safety and Hickory crew’s missions. Courtesy photo by Coast Guard Cutter Hickory.

Coast Guard Cutter Hickory provides elementary school tour in Homer, Alaska

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hickory hosted elementary school students for a tour aboard the ship in Homer, Alaska, May 3, 2013. During the tour, the two Paul Banks Elementary School first-grade classes and their teachers, Wendy Todd and [...]


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Kodiak-based Coast Guard aviator receives GEICO Military Service Award

Petty Officer 1st Class Claude Morrissey is the GEICO 2012 Military Service Award winner from the Coast Guard. He was presented his award alongside his family at the 2012 GEICO Military Service Awards ceremony held on April 29 in Washington, [...]


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