http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the 17th Coast Guard District Wed, 22 May 2013 23:59:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 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/ 0 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/ 0 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/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/kodiak-based-coast-guard-aviator-receives-geico-military-service-award/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/kodiak-based-coast-guard-aviator-receives-geico-military-service-award/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 17:39:05 +0000 PA1 Sara Francis http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3841 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, [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/kodiak-based-coast-guard-aviator-receives-geico-military-service-award/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/fostering-relationships-through-emergency-response/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/fostering-relationships-through-emergency-response/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 22:23:06 +0000 PA1 David Mosley http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3833 Alaska!  It is a land of wonder and grandeur, a land steeped in beautiful vistas and peppered with native communities each is as distinct as they are unique from each other. Knowing these communities, their people and their unique cultures [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/fostering-relationships-through-emergency-response/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/expanding-horizons-for-alaskas-youth/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/expanding-horizons-for-alaskas-youth/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:54:12 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3825 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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/expanding-horizons-for-alaskas-youth/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/high-and-dry-coast-guard-cutter-anacapa-undergoes-maintenance-period/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/high-and-dry-coast-guard-cutter-anacapa-undergoes-maintenance-period/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:29:07 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3817 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 [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/high-and-dry-coast-guard-cutter-anacapa-undergoes-maintenance-period/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/alaska-based-coast-guardsman-recieves-award-for-financial-stewardship-excellence/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/alaska-based-coast-guardsman-recieves-award-for-financial-stewardship-excellence/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:16:00 +0000 PA1 Sara Francis http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3804   By Auxiliarist Drew Herman Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Schinke, head of the Base Kodiak comptroller division, has been recognized as the winner of the 2012 Coast Guard Chief Financial Officer Award for Excellence in the E-6 and below [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/alaska-based-coast-guardsman-recieves-award-for-financial-stewardship-excellence/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/alaska-based-maritime-enforcement-specialist-dabbles-in-graphic-arts/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/alaska-based-maritime-enforcement-specialist-dabbles-in-graphic-arts/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:26:52 +0000 PA1 Sara Francis http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3797 By Auxiliarist Drew Herman When Coast Guardsmen commemorate fallen colleagues with the third annual Run to Remember this May, the event’s bugler logo designed by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Lawler will help set the tone and unite participants across [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/alaska-based-maritime-enforcement-specialist-dabbles-in-graphic-arts/feed/ 0 http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/coast-guard-holds-first-alaskan-military-womens-symposium-in-juneau/ http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/coast-guard-holds-first-alaskan-military-womens-symposium-in-juneau/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:05:35 +0000 PA3 Grant DeVuyst http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3790 Women have been serving as part of the Coast Guard since its early days as the Lighthouse Service in the 1830s. Women now comprise 14.3 percent of the Coast Guard’s 38,000 members and women make up about 30 percent of [...]]]> http://alaska.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/coast-guard-holds-first-alaskan-military-womens-symposium-in-juneau/feed/ 0