Petty Officer 2nd Class Christine Parham, a health services technician at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, is one of the few paramedics in the Coast Guard. After joining in 2013 and training in Cape May, New Jersey, Parham begged to come to Kodiak to be an Aviation Mission Specialist. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Meredith Manning and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Steenson.
The Coast Guard rescued a downed kite surfer near Santa Cruz Monday afternoon.Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report from a friend of a distressed kite surfer with broken equipment and was stranded near a rocky shore at approximately 4 p.m.
