Petty Officer 2nd Class Chelsea Shepherd, Petty Officer 1st Class Jon Larson and Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Anderson present the winning dish of the 2015 Alaskan Buoy Tender Fish Cook-off. The competition took place during Coast Guard 17th District’s annual Buoy Tender Roundup. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst.

The 2015 Great Alaskan Buoy Tender Fish Cook-off

Competition has been running rampant in Juneau as Coast Guard buoy tender crewmembers across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest have been participating throughout the week in the 2015 Buoy Tender Roundup. While activities have ranged from chain pull, line throw, tug-of-war and heat-and-beat, there’s one challenge that has a lot of spectators clamoring to attend; the fish cook-off contest.


SNFS Austin Reed prepares a meal for the crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Munro while on patrol in the Bering Sea, Oct. 15, 2014. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Cookin’ with Coasties: SNFS Austin Reed

One of the newest crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Munro, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, is food specialist Austin Reed. A recent graduate of the Coast Guard’s food service specialist “A” school, Reed is just finding out what it’s like to be part of a team aboard a Coast Guard cutter.