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Featured Video
Miyama Repair Effort Near Welch Island
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, out of Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, flies over the 738-foot cargo vessel Miyama near Welch Island, Ore., Mar. 4, 2015. The Jayhawk crew was conducting a visual assessment of the re-floated vessel, and the surrounding area, after the vessel ran aground due to a loss of propulsion hours prior. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Astoria.
Courtesy Video | USCGD13 | 03.04.2015
Recent Photos
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Crewmembers practice handcuffing techniques during law...HONOLULU- Petty Officer 3rd Class Angel Carballo waits to be handcuffed by Lt.j.g. Julia Kane during law enforcement training at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, March 6,...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa McKenzie | USCGD14 | 03.06.2015
Coast Guard responds to oil sheen from grounded fishing...A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew conducts an overflight of the grounded fishing vessel Savannah Ray after reports of a diesel sheen near...
Courtesy Photo | USCGD17 | 03.05.2015
Firing range on Kodiak Island, AlaskaLt. j.g. Kelsey Freeman fires a 12-gauge shotgun at the Coast Guard firing range on Kodiak Island, Alaska, Feb. 25, 2015. Members from Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley...
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker | USCGD17 | 02.25.2015
Coast Guardsmen conduct boat crew trainingPetty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Duran, a boatswain’s mate from Coast Guard Cutter Kukui, conducts a safety brief with the crew before getting underway aboard a...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa McKenzie | USCGD14 | 03.04.2015
Perchard Award: July - December 2014Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kreske stands for a photo before a flight at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, March 4, 2015. Kreske, an aviation survival...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Honings | USCGD17 | 03.04.2015
Coast Guard conducts exercise with Sacramento Metro Fire...Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento partnered with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department to conduct an aircraft causality exercise at Air Station Sacramento,...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart | USCGD11 | 03.03.2015
Recent Video
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Miyama Repair Effort Near Welch IslandAn MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, out of Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, flies over the 738-foot cargo vessel Miyama near Welch Island, Ore., Mar. 4, 2015. The...
Courtesy Video | USCGD13 | 03.04.2015
AST2 Jonathan Kreske Awarded DAR Medal of HonorPetty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Kreske, a rescue swimmer stationed at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, is awarded the National Society Daughters of the American...
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker | USCGD17 | 02.18.2015
Coast Guard Rescues Four from Grounded Vessel near...A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists four fishermen from the fishing vessel Savannah Ray after they ran aground in Chiniak Bay near...
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker | USCGD17 | 02.16.2015
Coast Guard Conducts Cliff Rescue of 2 Surfers Near...A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Facility Newport, Ore., rescues two surfers from a cliff south of Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Newport Feb. 14,...
Video by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley | USCGD13 | 02.14.2015
The 500th SurfmanPetty officer 2nd Class Ross Wiley and members from Coast Guard Station Noyo River in Fort Bragg, Calif. give their interpretation on Jan. 12, 2015, on what it means...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Stanton | USCGD11 | 01.21.2015
Almasi MedevacA Coast Guard Air Station Astoria MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced three injured mariners from the 623-foot motor vessel Almasi near the Oregon coast Feb. 05,...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg | USCGD13 | 02.05.2015
Recent News Stories
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Final update: Coast Guard crew rescues 26 people trapped...A fishing vessel trapped in Antarctic ice 900-miles northeast of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, for nearly two weeks is free following an international rescue operation...
Story by Lt. Donnie Brzuska | USCGPA | 02.15.2015
Seattle-based cutter scores 'Clean Sweep' during annual...The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returned to Seattle Thursday upon concluding a monthlong deployment to San Diego for annual Tailored Ship’s Training...
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer | USCGD13 | 02.12.2015
Listening to the deepWe know more about the surface of the Moon and Mars than we do about the ocean’s seafloor. With water encompassing 63.78 million square miles, the oceans cover 70...
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle | USCGD14 | 02.05.2015
Learning to fly: Air Station Kodiak flight crew descends...Whether they’re behind the controls of a sophisticated aircraft or soaring through the air and saving the day as a superhero, the ability to fly is a common dream...
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert | USCGD17 | 02.04.2015
Coast Guard recognizes Cayuga, Ind., native as Enlisted...A Coast Guard petty officer from Cayuga, Ind., earned the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and was selected as Base Ketchikan’s Enlisted Person of the Year Award, Feb....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Honings | USCGD17 | 02.02.2015
Ill-fated crew survives inferno at seaStranded and exhausted, 21 sailors from the Betty C huddled together in a small skiff 230 miles south of Jarvis Island. Defeated eyes watched the ship’s smoldering...
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa McKenzie | USCGD14 | 01.30.2015
Recent Audio
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Mayday call - Tug Nalani
HONOLULU — Eleven people are safe after a 95-foot towing vessel sank approximately two and half miles west of Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu, Thursday. Watchstanders...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD14 | 01.22.2015
HONOLULU — Eleven people are safe after a 95-foot towing vessel sank approximately two and half miles west of Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu, Thursday. Watchstanders...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD14 | 01.22.2015
Mayday Call Dec. 9, 2014
HONOLULU - This audio file was taken from a mayday call received by watchstanders at Sector Honolulu Command Center Dec. 9, 2014. The mayday call was made by a man...
Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa McKenzie | USCGD14 | 12.09.2014
HONOLULU - This audio file was taken from a mayday call received by watchstanders at Sector Honolulu Command Center Dec. 9, 2014. The mayday call was made by a man...
Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa McKenzie | USCGD14 | 12.09.2014
Fishing vessel Blazer mayday call west of Siletz Bay
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Ore., respond to a mayday call from the crew of the 75-foot fishing vessel Blazer taking on water and abandoning ship...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD13 | 11.29.2014
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Ore., respond to a mayday call from the crew of the 75-foot fishing vessel Blazer taking on water and abandoning ship...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD13 | 11.29.2014
Deck Watch
U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Deck Watch for Oct. 23–30, 2014. Stories include: A rescue near Juneau, the importance of wearing a life jacket, Alaska Regional...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD17 | 10.30.2014
U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Deck Watch for Oct. 23–30, 2014. Stories include: A rescue near Juneau, the importance of wearing a life jacket, Alaska Regional...
Courtesy Audio | USCGD17 | 10.30.2014
Recent Publications
Alaska Bear is a publication of the U.S. Coast Guard's 17th District. Spring 2011 issue.
Alaska Bear is a publication of the U.S. Coast Guard's 17th District. Fall 2010 issue.
Alaska Bear is a publication of the U.S. Coast Guard's 17th District. Summer 2010 issue.
Alaska Bear is a publication of the U.S. Coast Guard's 17th District. Spring 2010 issue.
Alaska Bear is a publication of the U.S. Coast Guard's 17th District. Winter 2010 issue.
Alaska Bear is a publication of the U.S. Coast Guard's 17th District. Fall 2009 issue.
