Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 06.16.2022
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak helicopter aircrew is pictured on the roof of the Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, after the crew medically evacuated an injured crewmember from a fishing vessel near Esther Island, June 16, 2022. After the crewmember was injured, the Silver Storm crew set anchor and administered first aid, but called for assistance when they were unable to control......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 06.16.2022
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crewmember helps a hospital employee in Anchorage set up a gurney to transport an injured boat crewmember that the aircrew rescued near Esther Island on June 16, 2022. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Command Center watchstanders received a relay from crewmembers aboard the vessel Nordic Lady requesting medical assistance for a 60-year-old male crewmember aboard......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa McKenzie | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 01.26.2022
Capt. Leanne Lusk, commader, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, poses for a photo in her officer Jan. 26, 2022. She leads more than 600 active duty, civilian, reserve, and auxiliary personnel and exercises operational control of three 110’ Patrol Boats, a Small Boat Station, an Aids to Navigation Team, a Sector Field Office, a Marine Safety Unit, and three Marine Safety Detachments. U.S. Coast......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 10.23.2021
Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Houvener inspects a fuel storage facility on Little Diomede Island, Alaska, October 23, 2021. In 2021, Marine Safety Task Force team members like Houvener visited 95 remote communities, completed 128 fuel storage facility inspections, 470 commercial fishing vessel exams, five gold dredge exams, and monitored six fuel-to-shore transfers. (U.S. Coast Guard......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 08.02.2021
The first week in August is World Breastfeeding Week and we’re here to highlight Coast Guard Active Duty servicemembers and spouses stationed in #Alaska. Pictured is Lt. Kristen Zelman, Sector Anchorage, with her (then) 6-month-old daughter, Brooke. Zelman breastfed Brooke for 16 months. "Breastfeeding is more than just food and builds upon maternal instincts. It not only gave her the......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 06.29.2021
Lt. Duane Zitta, an ultra-endurance athlete and Coast Guard member now stationed at Sector Anchorage, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, climbs in the Chugach Front Range, June 29, 2021. Zitta was recently confirmed as the first U.S. military member to complete the Chugach Front Linkup challenge after he and his climbing partner Isaac Swanson of Anchorage reached the top of the 12......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 06.29.2021
Lt. Duane Zitta, an ultra-endurance athlete and Coast Guard member now stationed at Sector Anchorage, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, climbs in the Chugach Front Range, June 29, 2021. Zitta was recently confirmed as the first U.S. military member to complete the Chugach Front Linkup challenge after he and his climbing partner Isaac Swanson of Anchorage reached the top of the 12......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 06.29.2021
Lt. Duane Zitta, an ultra-endurance athlete and Coast Guard member now stationed at Sector Anchorage, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, climbs in the Chugach Front Range, June 29, 2021. Zitta was recently confirmed as the first U.S. military member to complete the Chugach Front Linkup challenge after he and his climbing partner Isaac Swanson of Anchorage reached the top of the 12......
