Leadership: From the ball field to the barracks
Thursday, April 19, 2012
When Cadet 1st Class Hayley Feindel was in high school and it came time to decide her future, she – like many students – couldn’t narrow down what she wanted to do with her life. That all changed in 2005 when the season’s 12th tropical depression formed over the Bahamas. The tropical depression became a [...]
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‘Coast Guard Alaska’ is back!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
In November 2011, The Weather Channel and Al Roker Entertainment unveiled the reality television series “Coast Guard Alaska.” The show followed Coast Guard men and women, both on and off-duty, and gave the world an insider’s perspective on the life of America’s Coast Guard in one of the nation’s most beautiful and potentially deadly locations. Following [...]
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Hercules gets a skin graft
Thursday, April 12, 2012
This story originally appeared at Coast Guard Alaska and was written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally, 17th Coast Guard District public affairs. The high-pitched whine of a drill and the whirling buzz and grinding screech of a Dremel tool cutting into the skin of an HC-130 Hercules airplane echo in an Air Station [...]
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Shipmate of the Week – LCDR Erin Williams
Friday, March 16, 2012
Located on the northeast tip of Prince William Sound, Alaska, is a city with an average annual snowfall of 30 feet – the most of any community at sea level in North America. This city is Valdez and is home to more than 100 active duty Coast Guard members. Lt. Cmdr. Erin Williams currently serves as [...]
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Shipmate of the Week – The crew of CG6504
Friday, February 17, 2012
What’s it like to be part of a Coast Guard aircrew? In short, it is a privilege. Few people will ever get the opportunity to experience the support of fellow aviators at the crux of Coast Guard operations. Each member of an aircrew lifts and elevates their individual performance to new heights – pun intended [...]
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Mission to Nome complete
Friday, January 20, 2012
Coast Guard icebreaker Healy and tanker Renda have completed their mission to Nome, Alaska, after the safe delivery of an estimated one million gallons of diesel and 300,000 gallons of gasoline to the iced-in city. Two hoses were used to complete the transfer of the much needed fuel across more than 500 yards of ice. [...]
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There’s no place like Nome
Monday, January 16, 2012
Due to the tireless work of crews aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy and tanker vessel Renda, the final leg of a mission to deliver fuel to the town of Nome is now underway. Icebreaker Healy set out from Dutch Harbor Jan. 3, to clear a path for the tanker through more than 300 miles of [...]
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Healy breaks path to Nome
Saturday, January 7, 2012
UPDATE: Video of the ships breaking through the ice is available on YouTube and in the Coast Guard Visual Information Gallery. The Coast Guard has a long history of braving harsh Alaskan elements to rescue mariners in distress, protect the U.S. interests in the international waters, conduct Arctic research as well as bring much needed [...]
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Your Coast Guard in 2011 – Alaska
Monday, December 19, 2011
With an increasing number of eyes on the Arctic, Coast Guardsmen spent 2011 testing capabilities, building partnerships and rapport with Native Alaskans and keeping a vigilant watch above the Arctic Circle in some of the most challenging marine operation environments on the planet.
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‘Coast Guard Alaska’ premieres
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Four hundred miles from the North Pole, ice began to break around a research camp, threatening the camp’s shelters. A Coast Guard aircrew from Kodiak, Alaska, launched to provide support for the camp and ensure the threat of breaking ice was no more. Operations like this are commonplace in our nation’s Last Frontier and have [...]
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