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New Coast Guard cutter commissioned in Kodiak
The first of three new Coast Guard fast response cutters to be homeported in Kodiak is officially ready for duty, after the ...
Coast Guard searching for five people after fishing boat capsizes in Alaska
The Coast Guard and a group of good Samaritans were searching for five people who went missing after a fishing boat capsized near Couverden Point, Alaska.
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AROUND ALASKA: Coast Guard, Rehabilitation Workshops, Native Olympics, and More!
The U.S. Coast Guard medevacked a crew member from the Nekton in Sitka Sound. Prescribed burns in Delta Junction start in ...
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DHS head Kristi Noem flies C-130 while visiting Coast Guard’s far-flung Alaska station
President Trump’s DHS Secretary co-piloted a C-130 surveillance plane on Monday during a visit to US Coast Guard service members stationed in Air Station Kodiak in Alaska. Noem said the visit ...
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Coast Guard Commissions USCGC John Witherspoon in Kodiak, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) for official ...
Alaska’s April Fools’ prank: Recalling the fake eruption of Sitka volcano
The April Fools' prank of 1974 that fooled Sitka residents into thinking Mt. Edgecumbe was erupting was reported in newspapers across the country and even mentioned on the Paul Harvey radio show, and ...