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    2021 DOD MEDIA AWARD WINNERS


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    Coast Guard Award Categories

    Blog Post  |  Coast Guard Photographer of the Year  |  Coast Guard Videographer of the Year  |  Coast Guard Writer of the Year  |  Communicator of the Year  |  Feature Photo  |  Feature Story  |  Information Story  |  News Photo  |  Photo Series  |  Photojournalism  |  Portrait  |  Video Story

    Blog Post

    Promoting Pride: Coast Guard Alaska affinity group advocates for inclusivity in the 49th state

    Promoting Pride: Coast Guard Alaska affinity group advocates for inclusivity in the 49th state

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn

    U.S. Coast Guard Arctic

    Coast Guard Photographer of the Year

    Coast Guard Photographer of the Year

    Santa to the Villages in Kodiak, Alaska 2021
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy underway operations for Northwest Passage Deployment
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew member operations, during the first part of their Northwest Passage Deployment
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew member operations, during the first part of their Northwest Passage Deployment
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members recover oceanographic research moorings
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members recover oceanographic research moorings
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew member operations, during the first part of their Northwest Passage Deployment
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew member operations, during the first part of their Northwest Passage Deployment
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members recover oceanographic research moorings
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew member operations, during the first part of their Northwest Passage Deployment
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members recover oceanographic research moorings
    Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro decommissioning ceremony
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew member operations, during the first part of their Northwest Passage Deployment
    Coast Guard Cutter Healy’s temporary regional dive locker team assist with arctic operations

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Janessa-Reyanna Warschkow

    U.S. Coast Guard Arctic

    Coast Guard Videographer of the Year

    Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
    B-Roll: Coast Guard members respond to Haiti with humanitarian aid
    Coast Guard reaches mountain village of Annette, Haiti; medevacs 20
    Coast Guard conducts fueling at sea operations with a Chilean oiler in the Pacific Ocean

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez

    U.S. Coast Guard Southeast

    Coast Guard Writer of the Year

    A soaring career in Seward, Alaska: Coast Guard marine science technician earns meritorious advancement

    A soaring career in Seward, Alaska: Coast Guard marine science technician earns meritorious advancement
    Promoting Pride: Coast Guard Alaska affinity group advocates for inclusivity in the 49th state

    Promoting Pride: Coast Guard Alaska affinity group advocates for inclusivity in the 49th state
    Coast Guard ultra-endurance athlete sets milestone, advocates for mental health

    Coast Guard ultra-endurance athlete sets milestone, advocates for mental health
    Coast Guard repatriates Alaska Native remains at Point Spencer, Alaska

    Coast Guard repatriates Alaska Native remains at Point Spencer, Alaska

    Coast Guard wraps up 2021 task force initiative in Arctic, Western Alaska

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn

    U.S. Coast Guard Arctic

    Communicator of the Year

    Communicator of the Year

    September 11th Project
    9/11 Congressional Committee Testimony - CAPT Zeita Merchant
    Breaking ice, blazing trails

    Breaking ice, blazing trails
    Women's Equality Day Project - Forward
    Coast Guard Cutter WIRE Mixed Gender Berthing Conversion

    1st Place

    Daniel Henry

    U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York

    Feature Photo

    Port Security Unit 308 returns home

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Galarza

    U.S. Coast Guard Heartland

    Feature Story

    Coast Guard ultra-endurance athlete sets milestone, advocates for mental health

    Coast Guard ultra-endurance athlete sets milestone, advocates for mental health

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn

    U.S. Coast Guard Arctic

    Information Story

    Fisheries training center helps Coast Guard crews enforce laws in Alaska

    Fisheries training center helps Coast Guard crews enforce laws in Alaska

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Janessa-Reyanna Warschkow

    U.S. Coast Guard Arctic

    News Photo

    Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro decommissioning ceremony

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Ali Blackburn

    U.S. Coast Guard Arctic

    Photo Series

    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis works buoys in Narragansett Bay
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis works buoys in Narragansett Bay
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis conducts buoy deck training
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis works buoys in Narragansett Bay
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis works buoys in Narragansett Bay
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis conducts buoy deck training
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis conducts buoy deck training
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis conducts buoy deck training
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis conducts buoy deck training
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis conducts buoy deck training
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis works buoys in Narragansett Bay
    Coast Guard Cutter Ida Lewis works buoys in Narragansett Bay

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Noel

    U.S. Coast Guard Northeast

    Photojournalism

    Alaska’s Santa to the Villages tradition lives on amidst COVID-19 pandemic
    Alaska’s Santa to the Villages tradition lives on amidst COVID-19 pandemic
    Alaska’s Santa to the Villages tradition lives on amidst COVID-19 pandemic
    Alaska’s Santa to the Villages tradition lives on amidst COVID-19 pandemic
    Alaska’s Santa to the Villages tradition lives on amidst COVID-19 pandemic
    Alaska’s Santa to the Villages tradition lives on amidst COVID-19 pandemic

    Alaska’s Santa to the Villages tradition lives on amidst COVID-19 pandemic

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Ali Blackburn

    U.S. Coast Guard Arctic

    Portrait

    MSST New York

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Pappaly

    U.S. Coast Guard PADET New York

    Video Story

    California, Oregon Coast Guard crews rescue 6 people from sinking sailboat 90 miles offshore from Crescent City

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Giles

    U.S. Coast Guard Southwest