A link in the Aleutian Chain: Munro visits Adak
By Lt. j.g. Jacob Hauser Spirits were high in the distant Adreanoff Islands village of Adak Saturday afternoon as students, teachers and parents filled the mess deck of the visiting Kodiak–based Coast Guard Cutter Munro. Munro’s crew provided a cinematic [...]
Helping others find their voice
Autism is a disorder that most people have probably heard of, but few can relate to. For anyone not familiar with the symptoms, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristy Harward, a storekeeper with the Coast Guard Base Ketchikan detachment in Juneau, [...]
Deck Watch follows SPAR to Hawaii for TSTA
Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Bechtel discusses the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR’s participation in Tailored Ship’s Training Availability from Honolulu Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Deck Watch is a weekly radio program covering Coast Guard news and operations throughout Alaska. U.S. [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Munro provides service at sea and on shore
By Lt. j.g. Jacob Hauser Nearly a dozen crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Munro turned out on Jan. 24 to help with projects at Unalaska City High School and Eagle’s View Elementary School, near the port of Dutch [...]
Master Cutterman named aboard Coast Guard Cutter Munro
Chief Warrant Officer James Bride became the 34th Master Cutterman in the history of the Coast Guard, having completed 20 years of sea duty. As a Master Cutterman, Bride stands at the forefront of a long and proud maritime heritage and represents absolute proficiency in his chosen profession.
Alaska-based Coast Guardsman demonstrates passion for SAR
Lt. Nicholas Beheler is a Coast Guard officer and a member of KISAR. By day he is the executive officer of the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center dedicated to ensuring Coast Guard boarding teams are prepared to conduct fisheries and safety boardings on commercial fishing vessels throughout Alaska. In his spare time he volunteers with KISAR.
Alaska-based Coast Guardsmen promotes local outdoor sport
Amidst a myriad of folders containing administrative paperwork, is one file filled with a plethora of satellite images and topographical maps. Careful lines, altitude marks, points of interest, distances and other denotations are scribed along the margins of each [...]
Deck Watch: Kodiak community weighs in at Kulluk Tow Incident meeting
Capt. Jerald Woloszynski, commanding officer Coast Guard Base Kodiak and Ivar Malutin, a lifelong Kodiak resident and Sun’aq Tribe elder, give their comments during a Kulluk Tow Incident community Meeting in Kodiak, Alaska, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Deck Watch [...]
Coast Guard conducts winter awareness training in Kodiak
The family motto of the Starks of Winterfell, from the novel “A Game of Thrones” by George R. R. Martin, is “winter is coming,” which is a prelude to not only a change of season, but a time of [...]
Coast Guard Family – In the finest of traditions
Written by Capt. Gary P. Weeden, chaplain of the Coast Guard. The late great comedian George Burns jokingly noted that “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family somewhere in another city.” Humor aside, it is essential to our [...]
