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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Expanding horizons for Alaska’s youth
Depending on the location and type of unit, a Coast Guardsman could be described in a variety of terms: lifesaver, law enforcer, pollution responder, aviator, teacher and so much more. Last week, as part of the Coast Guard Partnership in [...]
Humble Beginnings: Our Guide, Our Fame and Glory Too
Story by Lt. j.g. Jacob Hauser It’s no secret that the remote, but vibrant, Aleutian city of Unalaska, Alaska, is home to many treasures of Coast Guard lore, yet one of the most prominent would seem unlikely: a piano. This [...]
Helping others find their voice
Autism is a disorder that most people have probably heard of, but few can relate to. For anyone not familiar with the symptoms, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristy Harward, a storekeeper with the Coast Guard Base Ketchikan detachment in Juneau, [...]
Alaska-based Coast Guardsman demonstrates passion for SAR
Lt. Nicholas Beheler is a Coast Guard officer and a member of KISAR. By day he is the executive officer of the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center dedicated to ensuring Coast Guard boarding teams are prepared to conduct fisheries and safety boardings on commercial fishing vessels throughout Alaska. In his spare time he volunteers with KISAR.
