Alaska state representative receives boating safety award
Kevin Bergersen of the National Association of State Boating and Law Administrators presents state Rep. Alan Austerman of Kodiak, Alaska, with the annual NASBLA legislative award as Coast Guard 17th District pr... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Benavente, a boatswain’s
Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Benavente, a boatswain’s mate aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, holds a striking pad for a shipmate during baton training on the cutter’s flight deck while underway in the... More
Mike Folkerts, a Coast Guard 17th District boating
Mike Folkerts, a Coast Guard 17th District boating safety expert, disembarks a personal watercraft during a safety class at Auke Lake in Juneau, Alaska, June 1, 2014. Folkerts offered a Coast Guard perspective ... More
A member of the Kotzebue Fire Department watches an
A member of the Kotzebue Fire Department watches an ice rescue technique demonstration during training on Devil’s Lake near Kotzebue, Alaska, April 18, 2014. The visiting Coast Guard personnel provided training... More
BM3 Sarah Brister - U.S. Coast guard photo
Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Brister, a boatswain's mate with Coast Guard Station Juneau stands in front of a 25-foot Response Boat-small after driving it onto a trailer at the Douglas Small Boat Harbor in Jun... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Coast Guard marine inspectors stand at a rail with a cruise ship employee to watch the test of a ship's lifeboat during an inspection in Juneau, Alaska, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Cruise ship employees demonst... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rielly, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rielly, a boatswain's mate stationed at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, writes out an equation used to calculate distance in Jody Levernier's sixth-grade math class at Dzantik'... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyer and Lt. Jonathan Dale, both of the Coast Guard Sector Juneau prevention department, listen as a cruise ship employee explains her role in directing passengers during a shipboard emergency ... More
District 17 headquarters in Juneau
JUNEAU, Alaska - Petty Officer 1st Class Philip Ketcheson describes the capabilities of Coast Guard Station Juneau'??s 45-foot Response Boat-Medium to Capt. Scott Bornemann, Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo and Air Forc... More
Coast Guard conducts medevac near Juneau, Alaska
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Roy, a boatswain’s mate at Coast Guard Station Juneau, prepares to hand a stuffed animal to a 10-year-old girl suffering from a leg injury during a medevac near Juneau, Alaska, Ju... More
Cmdr. Stephen Raney and Cmdr. John Barresi, commander,
Cmdr. Stephen Raney and Cmdr. John Barresi, commander, Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Juneau, shake hands during the conclusion of the engineering unit's change of command ceremony at the Juneau Arts and Cu... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
A cruise ship employee explains the procedure for deploying a liferaft to Jason Yets, a marine inspector for the Coast Guard Cruise Ship National Center of Expertise, and Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyer, the chief of pre... More
United States Coast Guard photo - School Visit
Lt. Nathaniel Sargent, a command duty officer at Coast Guard Sector Juneau, watches an Auke Bay Elementary School second-grader don a life jacket during a boating safety relay race in her classroom in Juneau, A... More
United States Coast Guard photo - School Visit
Second-grade students at Auke Bay Elementary School, in Juneau, Alaska, rush to complete a life jacket relay race Dec. 20, 2012. Lt. Nathaniel Sargent, a command duty officer at Coast Guard Sector Juneau, used ... More
Capt. George Pellissier, commanding officer, Coast
Capt. George Pellissier, commanding officer, Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, Fran Ulmer, the chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, and Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, Coast Guard 17th District, take ... More
Members of the Coast Guard 9th District and Kotzebue
Members of the Coast Guard 9th District and Kotzebue Fire Department engage in joint ice rescue training on Devil's Lake near Kotzebue, Alaska, April 18, 2014. The training brought together the technical expert... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau crewmember removes
A Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau crewmember removes handcuffs from another crewmember’s hands during law enforcement training on the cutter while underway in the Pacific Ocean, May 5, 2014. Law enforcement train... More
Arctic Shield 2012 - Defense imagery management operations center
Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore crewmembers prepare to shove off the coast of Barrow, Alaska, after making a quick stop at the city's boat ramp Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. The Sycamore crew continued patrolling the Arct... More
Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Dugan, Coast Guard 17th District
Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Dugan, Coast Guard 17th District administrative department head, prepares pancakes at the Glory Hole emergency shelter in Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 20, 2014. The Glory Hole provides food and shelter ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Brister, a boatswain’s
Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Brister, a boatswain’s mate at Coast Guard Station Juneau, leads a boat crew back to the station after two consecutive medevac cases near Juneau, Alaska, June 13, 2013. The two cas... More
Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit gets underway from Juneau, Alaska
The Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit leaves the Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, pier during a snowstorm Dec. 11, 2013. The crew of the Anthony Petit, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender home-ported in Ketchikan,... More
Petty Officers 2nd Class Michael Fillipone and Ronald
Petty Officers 2nd Class Michael Fillipone and Ronald Schnackenberg, both damage controlmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, use a fire hose to combat a simulated generator fire during basic engineerin... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Lt. Jonathan Dale, a marine inspector with the Coast Guard Sector Juneau prevention department, briefs the captain of a cruise ship before beginning an examination in Juneau, Alaska, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. ... More
United States Coast Guard photo - School Visit
Lt. Nathaniel Sargent, a command duty officer at Coast Guard Sector Juneau, listens as an Auke Bay Elementary School second-grade student asks a question in Juneau, Alaska, Dec. 20, 2012. Sargent told the child... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Kara Stanton, a marine science
Petty Officer 3rd Class Kara Stanton, a marine science technician at Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, supervises as a Harborview Elementary School student is pulled to the edge of the Augustus Brown Pool in Juneau... More
Shawn Alladio, a National Safe Boating Council boating
Shawn Alladio, a National Safe Boating Council boating safety instructor, provides personal watercraft training to Juneau, Alaska, residents in Auke Lake June 1, 2014. Alladio was invited to Alaska by the City ... More
Renda, Healy Nome energy support
The Russian tanker Renda follows the Coast Guard Cutter Healy through Bering Sea ice Jan. 8, 2012. The Nome Energy Support mission will bring about 1.3 million gallons of fuel to the residents of Nome. U.S. C... More
Coast Guard Cutter Healy small boat crew members retrieve
Coast Guard Cutter Healy small boat crew members retrieve a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration small unmanned aircraft system after it landed in icy water during a simulated spilled oil response ex... More
Two fuel transfer hoses run side-by-side from the tanker
Two fuel transfer hoses run side-by-side from the tanker vessel Renda to the Nome harbor, Jan. 16, 2012. The hoses began transferring more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel from the tanker to the town later that... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rielly, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rielly, a boatswain's mate stationed at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, answers a student's question in Jody Levernier's sixth-grade math class at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School... More
The Juneau-area Coast Guard color guard presents the
The Juneau-area Coast Guard color guard presents the American flag during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day memorial ceremony at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 20, 2014. The color guard participa... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyer, Coast Guard Sector Juneau's chief of prevention, and Lt. Jonathan Dale, a marine inspector with the Coast Guard Sector Juneau prevention department, watch as cruise ship employees test t... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Roy, a boatswain's mate
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Roy, a boatswain's mate stationed at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, tells a group of students from Kake High School about the station's 25-foot Response Boat - small, April 1... More
The cutter USCG Sycamore (WLB 209) participates in
The cutter USCG Sycamore (WLB 209) participates in Arctic Shield 2012 off the coast of Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 12, 2012. Arctic Shield is a U.S. Coast Guard-directed exercise in conjunction with federal, state and... More
Jason Story, a project manager with the Coast Guard
Jason Story, a project manager with the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, prepares to deploy a Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team remotely operated vehicle aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Heal... More
Arktos Developments personnel drive an amphibious craft
Arktos Developments personnel drive an amphibious craft onto an ice floe during a demonstration for the U.S. Coast Guard 10 miles off the coast of Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 13, 2012. The ice-capability display provi... More
38th annual Senior's Holiday Dinner
Chief Petty Officer Zachary Graham prepares to serve a guest during the 38th Annual Senior Citizens Holiday Dinner at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall Dec. 11, 2011. The event, sponsored by the Coast Guard Chief ... More
Renda from Healy - U.S. Coast guard photo
BERING SEA - The tanker vessel Renda follows a path made in the ice by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Jan. 6, 2012. The Renda is carrying more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel to the city of Nome afte... More
Renda, Healy Nome energy support
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts a relief cut maneuver to assist the Russian tanker Renda through the ice Jan 8, 2012. A relief cut is an icebreaking tactic used to relieve the pressure caused by moving i... More
Juneau-area emergency response personnel stand by to
Juneau-area emergency response personnel stand by to assist a Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-medium crew during a medevac in Auke Bay, Alaska, June 13, 2013. Coast Guard 17th District watchsta... More
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and North Dakota Sen. John
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven bid farewell to Coast Guard aircrews deployed to forward operating location Barrow, Alaska, before boarding a Coast Guard HU-25 Guardian airplane, Au... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Schnackenberg, a damage
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Schnackenberg, a damage controlman aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, responds to a simulated emergency during basic engineering casualty control exercises in the cutter's ... More
38th annual Senior's Holiday Dinner
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Michelle Jones, a yeoman with the Administration Office at District 17 headquarters, serves coffee to a woman during the 38th annual Senior's Holiday Dinner held at the Elizabeth... More
Healy and Renda - U.S. Coast guard photo
BERING SEA - Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy observe the tanker vessel Renda as it follows their trail through the ice. The Russian-flagged Renda is transiting to Nome to deliver more than 1.3 milli... More
Adm. Bob Papp, commandant of the Coast Guard, and Rear
Adm. Bob Papp, commandant of the Coast Guard, and Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, 17th Coast Guard District commander, speak with George Edwardson, president of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, during an Arc... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Coast Guard marine inspectors talk with cruise ship personnel before beginning a fire drill on the ship in Juneau, Alaska, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The Coast Guard regularly conducts examinations aboard crui... More
Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, 17th Coast Guard District
Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, 17th Coast Guard District commander, leads a discussion about the Coast Guard presence in the Arctic at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 5, 2012. The meeting, also at... More
Coast Guard Cutter Healy deckhands prepare to lower
Coast Guard Cutter Healy deckhands prepare to lower an unmanned underwater vehicle, operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, into the Beaufort Sea during a simulated spilled oil response and recovery... More
Fuel hoses bridge the 1200 yard gap between the tanker
Fuel hoses bridge the 1200 yard gap between the tanker vessel Renda and the shoreside fuel transfer connection in Nome harbor Jan. 16. The fuel transfer of more than 1.3 million gallons began later that day. (U... More
Members of the Coast Guard 9th and 17th districts and
Members of the Coast Guard 9th and 17th districts and Kotzebue Fire Department engage in joint ice rescue training on Devil’s Lake near Kotzebue, Alaska, April 18, 2014. The training brought together the techni... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Gary Gaugler, of Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan, talks to a cruise ship employee about safely operating a lifeboat during an inspection in Juneau, Alaska, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Personnel from MSD Ketc... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Bert Sazon, of Coast Guard Sector Juneau's prevention department, debriefs the fire-response team of a cruise ship after a drill in Juneau, Alaska, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Coast Guard marine inspectors obse... More
Mark Wagner, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard 17th
Mark Wagner, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard 17th District's response advisory team, instructs the crew of the Canadian coast guard ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the correct method for deploying a U.S. Coast Gua... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy deck department
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy deck department lower an oil skimmer into the ice-laden Beaufort Sea during a simulated spilled oil recovery exercise Sept. 10, 2013. Multiple Coast Guard units and partn... More
Cmdr. Rich Condit, of the Coast Guard Office of Boat
Cmdr. Rich Condit, of the Coast Guard Office of Boat Forces, and Chief Warrant Officer Mark Helmers, of the 17th Coast Guard District response division, watch a prototype amphibious vessel, developed by Tyler R... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy ice rescue
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy ice rescue team survey an ice sheet before allowing the crew and passengers of the cutter to disembark onto the Arctic Ocean, Sept. 13, 2013. Before conducting ice-based ... More
Commandant-visits-FOL-Barrow, US Coast Guard Photo
Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, 17th Coast Guard District commander, leads a discussion about the Coast Guard presence in the Arctic at the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska Aug. 5, 2012. The meeting, also att... More
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crewmember signals
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crewmember signals for the crew of an HC-130 Hercules airplane to stop on the Barrow, Alaska, runway, Aug. 6, 2012. The Hercules crew brought a fresh aircrew and supplies for pe... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Lt. Jonathan Dale, a marine inspector with the Coast Guard Sector Juneau prevention department, takes notes as a team of Coast Guard inspectors discusses the results of a fire and abandon ship drill on a cruise... More
Coast Guard conducts medevac from cruise ship in Skagway, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew helps emergency medical personnel in Juneau, Alaska, transfer an ailing cruise ship passenger into an ambulance at the Juneau Air National Guard ... More
Senior Chief Petty Officer John Franco, a machinery
Senior Chief Petty Officer John Franco, a machinery technician aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, provides instruction to Chief Petty Officer Fernando Ocon, a damage controlman aboard the Morgenthau, dur... More
Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau crewmembers practice
Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau crewmembers practice law enforcement techniques on the cutter’s flight deck while underway in the Pacific Ocean, May 5, 2014. The cutter’s flight deck is one of the few places on b... More
Capt. Jack Vogt, chief of staff, Coast Guard 17th District,
Capt. Jack Vogt, chief of staff, Coast Guard 17th District, and Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyle, of the 17th District prevention department, serve guests of the Glory Hole emergency shelter in Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 20, 20... More
Lt. Shea Winterberger, an international enforcement
Lt. Shea Winterberger, an international enforcement specialist with the Coast Guard 17th District enforcement division, shows Harborview Elementary School students where to find safety information on a raft at ... More
The tanker vessel Renda sits just off the coast of
The tanker vessel Renda sits just off the coast of Nome with two fuel transfer hoses running to a causeway in the Nome harbor Jan. 16. After being escorted through the ice by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, the R... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Abold, a boatswain’s
Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Abold, a boatswain’s mate and the lead instructor at the Coast Guard’s National Ice Rescue School, demonstrates a rescue technique with Chief Petty Officer Jesse Green, a machiner... More
Fuel transfer operations complete
Petty Officer 2nd Class Chad Griffin, an aviation mechanic from Air Station Kodiak, speaks to a young Nome resident about working aboard a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter Jan. 18, 2012. The crew of the Dol... More
Cruise ship inspection, US Coast Guard Photo
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremias Leos, of Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan, and Bert Sazon, of Coast Guard Sector Juneau's prevention department, watch through a haze of training smoke as a cruise ship's fire... More
Seaman Alex Cason, a deckhand aboard the Coast Guard
Seaman Alex Cason, a deckhand aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, tends to an unmanned underwater vehicle during an exercise walk-through in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 9, 2013. The UUV, operated by the Woods Hole ... More
Mike Folkerts and Dave Borg, boating safety experts
Mike Folkerts and Dave Borg, boating safety experts at the Coast Guard 17th District prevention department, demonstrate safe personal watercraft operation at Auke Lake in Juneau, Alaska, June 15, 2013. The two ... More
Coast Guard Cutter Healy deckhands prepare to lower
Coast Guard Cutter Healy deckhands prepare to lower an unmanned underwater vehicle, operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, into the Beaufort Sea during a simulated spilled oil response and recovery... More
Two Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore crewmembers push the
Two Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore crewmembers push the cutter's small boat off the shore near the Barrow, Alaska, boat ramp Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. The crew of the Sycamore, a 225-foot buoy tender out of Cordova, ... More
Seaman Aaron Lopez and Seaman Alex Cason, members of
Seaman Aaron Lopez and Seaman Alex Cason, members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy deck department, help handle the hose for an oil skimming system during a simulated oil spill response exercise in the Arctic ... More
Fireman Connor Ligon, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter
Fireman Connor Ligon, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau's engineering department, practices a defense technique on Seaman Ryan Walkinhood, of the Morgenthau's deck department, during law enforcement... More
Chief Petty Officer Troy Shrum, of the Coast Guard
Chief Petty Officer Troy Shrum, of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy deck department, pulls the end of a line while in front of the icebreaker on the Arctic Ocean, Sept. 13, 2013. After many days of work for a simul... More
United States Coast Guard photo - Youth center
Petty Officer 3rd Class James Colson, an operations specialist with Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, and Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Burleson, an operations specialist with Coast Guard Sector Juneau, fill the bed... More
Coast Guard Station Juneau observes Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Senior Chief Petty Officer James Greenlief, officer in charge, Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, talks to his crew about Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the importance of working together to ensure all Coa... More
Mike Folkerts, a boating safety expert at the Coast
Mike Folkerts, a boating safety expert at the Coast Guard 17th District prevention department, goes over the emergency equipment every personal watercraft user should carry with them while operating their vesse... More
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR works
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR works with the crew of the Canadian coast guard ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier to transfer a U.S. Coast Guard Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System between the vessels fol... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore smallboat crew heads
A Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore smallboat crew heads toward the Barrow, Alaska, boat ramp in the Chukchi Sea, Aug. 12, 2012. The crew of the Sycamore, a 225-foot buoy tender, patrolled the Arctic Ocean north of A... More
The motto "Take it slow and safe" adorns the scientific
The motto "Take it slow and safe" adorns the scientific planning board on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 9, 2013. The crew and scientists aboard the 420-foot icebreaker co... More
Coast Guard and Kotzebue Fire Department personnel
Coast Guard and Kotzebue Fire Department personnel work together to pull a fellow trainee from the water during ice rescue training on Devil’s Lake near Kotzebue, Alaska, April 18, 2014. The training was part o... More
Renda, Healy Nome energy support
A Coast Guard Cutter Healy crewmember monitors the Russian tanker Renda in the Bering Sea Jan. 8, 2012. The Healy continues to break ice for the Renda as they continue their voyage north to Nome to deliver app... More
United States Coast Guard photo - Skagway Medevac
Emergency medical personnel transfer a patient to an ambulance at the Juneau, Alaska, Air National Guard hangar after he was medevaced from Skagway by a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter cr... More
Kake High School visits Station Juneau
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Roy, a boatswain's mate stationed at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, poses a question to students from Kake High School during a tour of the station, April 16, 2013. The South... More
Capt. George Pellissier, commanding officer, Coast
Capt. George Pellissier, commanding officer, Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, explains the operational capabilities of the icebreaker to a group of partner agency and local visitors aboard the cutter in Juneau, A... More
Jason Story, a project manager with the Coast Guard
Jason Story, a project manager with the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, prepares to deploy a Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team remotely operated vehicle aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Heal... More
Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, Coast Guard 17th
Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, Coast Guard 17th District, shakes hands with Fran Ulmer, the chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, after her keynote speech at an open house event aboard the Coast Gu... More
Petty Officer 1st Class James Maida, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 1st Class James Maida, a boatswain's mate with the Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team, helps other Strike Team members handle part of a skimmer system used to recover oil from water while underway i... More
Mike Folkerts and Dave Borg, boating safety experts
Mike Folkerts and Dave Borg, boating safety experts at the Coast Guard 17th District prevention department, demonstrate the proper way to assist a person in the water while using a personal watercraft as volunt... More
Hanu Singh, a scientist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Hanu Singh, a scientist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, explains the process required to put the institute's unmanned underwater vehicle into the water to Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Gangl, a boa... More
Chief Warrant Officer Mark Helmers, of the 17th Coast
Chief Warrant Officer Mark Helmers, of the 17th Coast Guard District response division, rides an Arktos Developments amphibious craft away from the coast of Barrow, Alaska, during an evaluation, Aug. 12, 2012.... More
The crew and passengers of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy's
The crew and passengers of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy's Arctic Shield 2013 patrol pose for a photo in front of the icebreaker on the frozen Arctic Ocean, Sept. 13, 2013. The patrol focused on a Coast Guard Re... More
Gary Sinise in Juneau - Public domain photogrpaph
JUNEAU, Alaska - Gary Sinise, of 'CSI: NY' fame, gives two thumbs-up to a crowd of Juneau-area Coast Guardsmen and family members while standing next to Drew Dix, a Vietnam-era Medal of Honor recipient, and Rea... More
United States Coast Guard photo - Skagway Medevac
Air Station Sitka Coast Guardsmen and emergency medical personnel work during a rainstorm to transfer a patient from a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to an ambulance on the runway at the Air National Guar... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot icebreaker
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot icebreaker homeported in Seattle, enters the harbor in Juneau, Alaska Aug. 2, 2013. The crew of the Polar Star visited Juneau after a reactivation and ice trial pat... More
Chief Petty Officer Jesse Green, a machinery technician
Chief Petty Officer Jesse Green, a machinery technician with Coast Guard Sector Detroit’s Ready for Operations Team, fills the role of a victim as members of the Kotzebue Fire Department take turns rescuing him... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class James Colson, an operations
Petty Officer 3rd Class James Colson, an operations specialist with Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, and Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Burleson, an operations specialist with Coast Guard Sector Juneau, fill the bed... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Austin West, a machinery technician
Petty Officer 1st Class Austin West, a machinery technician with the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, explains the procedures required to operate the hydraulic pump for an oil skimming system to Lt. Brent Fike,... More
Fireman Connor Ligon, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter
Fireman Connor Ligon, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau engineering department, practices a takedown maneuver on Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremiah Babas, a maritime enforcement specialist aboard the ... More