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Deck Watch rocks out with Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band

This week Deck Watch spoke with actor Gary Sinise, on tour with the Lt. Dan Band sponosred by the United Service Organization and Triwest Healthcare Alliance, in Kodiak prior to a concnert performance. Sinise spoke with servicemembers at Coast Guard [...]

Deck Watch travels to the Arctic

Listen to Deck Watch as it travels to the Arctic aboard an Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane and learns about Arctic Domain Awareness flights.

JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat – Medium crew escorts the first cruise ship of the season into port May 3, 2012. In addition to Station Juneau Coast Guardsmen, many Sector Juneau personnel are involved in ensuring safety aboard cruise ships in Southeast Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst.

Deck Watch escorts cruise ships near Juneau

Deck Watch assists Station Juneau with marine inspections and prepares for the busy cruise ship season. Listen now to find out more!

Air Station Sitka assists in search for missing hiker

When Alaska State Troopers in Klawock received a report of a lone 13-year-old girl overdue from her hike early Monday morning, the various Southeast Alaska search-and-rescue agencies did what they do best. The state troopers began coordinating with the Ketchikan [...]

CORDOVA, Alaska - Petty Officer 3rd Class Erich Klinger, an aviation survival technician, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Gustaveson, an avaition maintenance technician, Lt. Jon Bartel, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot and an Air National Guard pararescueman from the 212th Rescue Squadron transport one of two injured people from a Coast Guard Jayhawk in Cordova to an Air National Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft for further transport to Anchorage May 6, 2011. The helicopter crews in Cordova are forward deployed from Kodiak as they do each summer to mitigate the risks posed from increased fishing and tourist traffic in the region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Gordon.

Deck Watch deploys to Cordova

Deck Watch radio features Coast Guard news and information across Alaska. The feature this week is with Lt. Mark Heussner, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot and scheduling officer, regarding Air Station Kodiak’s recent deployment of air assets to Cordova for [...]

Coast Guard Auxiliary National Vice Commodore Thomas Mallison, from Bear Lake, Mich., attends the District 17 Auxiliary Annual Awards banquet in Anchorage March 18, 2012.

Coast Guard Auxiliary attends Annual Summit

Deck Watch radio attends the Auxiliary Annual Summit in Anchorage March 16 – 18, 2012. Auxiliarist Drew Herman interviewed National Vice Commodore Thomas Mallison. Click here to find out more!

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Deck Watch prevents sea sickness

Deck Watch is a five to seven minute radio show featuring Coast Guard news across Alaska. The feature this week is an interview with Petty Officer 3rd Class Blaine Bodie, a hospital corpsman, about the causes of motion sickness and [...]

KODIAK, Alaska – Tessa Boskofsky accepts a posthumous Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award on behalf of her grandfather, Thomas Allain, from Capt. Jesse Moore, Base Support Unit Kodiak commanding officer, and Lt. Matthew Zinn, Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak supervisor at Coast Guard Base Kodiak Feb. 15, 2012

Deck Watch recognizes 1950 rescue

KODIAK, Alaska – Deck Watch is a five to seven minute radio show featuring Coast Guard news across Alaska. In this week’s feature Deck Watch learns about the 1950 rescue of Helvig Christensen from the fishing vessel Dixie north of [...]

Deck Watch takes a look at history

Deck Watch steps back in time and explores some history. In 1915 President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the “Act to Create the Coast Guard,” an act passed by Congress on Jan. 20, 1915 that combined the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service to form the Coast Guard.

Deck Watch discusses the importance of vessel traffic service

Deck Watch is a five to seven minute radio show featuring Coast Guard news across Alaska. Click here to find out what went on this week in the northern latitudes of the United States.