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High and Dry: Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa undergoes maintenance period

Normally, when a vessel finds its way out of the water and onto land, it is not a good thing. However, from time to time purposefully lifting a boat out of the water to take a look at the otherwise [...]

Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher Ken Anderson runs his sled dog team through the Alaska woodlands while exercising his dogs and maintaining their conditioning and preparation for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Knik, Alaska, Feb. 29, 2012.
The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson, in his 12th running of the Iditarod, which is known as "The last great race on Earth."
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

Coast Guard proudly sponsors Iditarod musher

Members of the Coast Guard often fulfill a lifelong dream by joining the service. The road to realizing that dream often begins in a person’s youth, when inspiration provides a starting point towards that lifelong dream. For Ken Anderson, his [...]

Juneau-area Coast Guardsmen prepare to watch a film during a combined Black History Month and Women's History Month Crockpot cook-off and movie showing in Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 22, 2013. The Juneau-area Morale Committee and the Leadership Diversity Advisory Council hosted the awareness event. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst.

Coast Guardsmen observe history months

Juneau-area Coast Guardsmen met to socialize and observe Black History Month and Women’s History Month during a Crockpot cook-off at the Juneau, Alaska, Federal Building Feb. 22, 2013. The event, hosted by the Juneau-area Morale Committee and the Leadership [...]

Alaska Coast Guard reservist of the year honored

Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Grimmett, a maritime enforcement specialist at Coast Guard Sector Juneau, was recognized as the Alaska Coast Guard reservist of the year at the 36th Armed Services YMCA of Alaska Annual Salute to the Military in [...]

Alaska Coast Guardsman of the year honored

Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Belisle, an aviation survival technician at Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, was recognized as the Alaska Coast Guardsman of the year at the 36th Armed Services YMCA of Alaska Annual Salute to the Military in [...]

Coast Guard Family – In the finest of traditions

Written by Capt. Gary P. Weeden, chaplain of the Coast Guard. The late great comedian George Burns jokingly noted that “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family somewhere in another city.” Humor aside, it is essential to our [...]

Response crews aboard the tug Gyrfalcon prepare to use an emergency towing system to take the cargo vessel Suah into tow during a response exercise at the mouth of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Oct. 3, 2012. The ETS is a pre-staged package of equipment designed to use vessels of opportunity to assist disabled vessels requiring assistance in accessing a place of refuge in Alaskan waters. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Unalaska’s emergency towing system put to the test

It was December 2004, when the cargo vessel Selendang Ayu ran aground on Unalaska Island, broke in two and spilled more than 330,000 gallons of fuel oil. Prior to running aground, several responding vessels attempted to tow the ship but [...]

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Greene looks on as Senior Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Estes discusses the unified response effort with a member of the unified command during a training exercise held in Anchorage, Alaska, September 18, 2012. Both Greene and Estes, marine science technicians at Sector Anchorage, participated in the response drill as members of the unified command response team, and provided real world knowledge and expertise to a hypothetical maritime pollution incident. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Response training keeps Alaska safe

Members of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage participated in an industry-led oil spill response training exercise to practice implementing response plans for maritime pollution incidents, Sept. 18, 2012. The exercise, which took place in Anchorage, involved a member of the oil [...]

Seaman Laura Roesch, a deckhand on the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, secures a smallboat to the ship in the Arctic Ocean, Sept. 15, 2012, as part of the Coast Guard’s Operation Arctic Shield mission. Roesch is a member of the deck division aboard Bertholf and is a line handler in every mooring evolution and almost all small boat launching and recovery operations. On the bridge, she stands watch as the boatswain's mate of the watch, making sure the decks are secure as well performing lookout and helmsman duties. She also secures helicopters on deck as part of the helicopter tie down team. During real life and training evolutions requiring medical personnel, she acts as a paramedic level emergency medical technician. Operation Arctic Shield 2012 will give the Coast Guard and the cutter an opportunity to test capabilities to ensure the right resources are available to conduct maritime operations in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James Claude

Kingsville, Ohio, native a paramedic level emergency medical technician serving in the Arctic

Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Tamargo Seaman Laura Roesch, a deckhand on the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, deployed Aug. 21 with the ship to the Arctic Ocean as part of the Coast Guard’s Operation Arctic Shield mission. Roesch [...]

Seaman Stephen House, a deckhand on the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, stands a bridge watch, Sept. 15, 2012, on the ship in the Arctic Ocean as part of the Coast Guard’s Operation Arctic Shield mission. House is a member of the deck division aboard Bertholf where he stands watch as the boatswain's mate of the watch, he is a qualified helmsman, is a line handler in every mooring evolution and almost all small boat launching and recovery operations. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James Claude

San Clemente, Calif., native deploys to the Arctic aboard a Coast Guard Cutter

Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Tamargo Seaman Stephen House, a deckhand on the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, deployed Aug. 21 with the ship to the Arctic Ocean as part of the Coast Guard’s Operation Arctic Shield mission. House [...]