Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 04.17.2020
A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew prepares the deck for vessel tow training in Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, Alaska, April 17, 2020. Alaska-based crews are often called to assist vessels in distress throughout Southeast Alaska, and therefore must maintain crew readiness through routine training in able to assist mariners when the call comes. U.S. Coast Guard photo......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 02.25.2020
A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew transits Carroll Inlet to conduct training near Ketchikan, Alaska, Feb. 25, 2020. Boat crews routinely train throughout Southeast Alaska to maintain crew qualifications required to operate Coast Guard vessels. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Jessica Fontenette....
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 11.18.2019
U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Ryan Schoonmaker, a Station Ketchikan boat crew member, coordinates with an Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter aircrew member to conduct hoist operations from a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in Nichols Passage, Ketchikan, Alaska, Nov. 18, 2019. Hoist training is routinely conducted by both air and boat crews to remain proficient in search and rescue operations on......
