http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the 17th Coast Guard District Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:17:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/teaching-the-teachers/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/teaching-the-teachers/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:17:23 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3956   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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/teaching-the-teachers/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/inspecting-tradition/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/inspecting-tradition/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:03:31 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3946 Is there anything more inspiring than nautical lore? For as long as humans have told stories, the mystery, fury and gifts of the sea have been the subjects of fiction and nonfiction alike. From tales of treacherous sea monsters, pirates [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/inspecting-tradition/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/fire-readiness-on-the-last-frontier/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/fire-readiness-on-the-last-frontier/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:30:28 +0000 PA3 Jonathan Klingenberg http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3936   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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/06/fire-readiness-on-the-last-frontier/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-presents-award-to-heroic-school-teacher-in-kodiak-alaska/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-presents-award-to-heroic-school-teacher-in-kodiak-alaska/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 21:32:24 +0000 PA1 Sara Francis http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3930 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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-presents-award-to-heroic-school-teacher-in-kodiak-alaska/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-cutter-boutwell-stretches-sea-legs-in-alaska/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-cutter-boutwell-stretches-sea-legs-in-alaska/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 19:34:06 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3918 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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-cutter-boutwell-stretches-sea-legs-in-alaska/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/alaska-runs-to-remember/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/alaska-runs-to-remember/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 21:39:30 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3912 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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/alaska-runs-to-remember/feed/ 1 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/rear-adm-thomas-ostebo-discusses-arctic-operations-in-nome-and-kotzebue-alaska/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/rear-adm-thomas-ostebo-discusses-arctic-operations-in-nome-and-kotzebue-alaska/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 21:08:38 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3906 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, [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/rear-adm-thomas-ostebo-discusses-arctic-operations-in-nome-and-kotzebue-alaska/feed/ 2 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-in-alaska-observes-national-safe-boating-week/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-in-alaska-observes-national-safe-boating-week/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:58:23 +0000 PA1 Sara Francis http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3898 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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-in-alaska-observes-national-safe-boating-week/feed/ 3 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/helms-and-turntables/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/helms-and-turntables/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 23:25:18 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3854 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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/helms-and-turntables/feed/ 3 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-cutter-hickory-provides-elementary-school-tour-in-homer-alaska/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-cutter-hickory-provides-elementary-school-tour-in-homer-alaska/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 00:05:29 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3847 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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-cutter-hickory-provides-elementary-school-tour-in-homer-alaska/feed/ 5