Washington, D.C. – Today, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) released the statement below regarding his intent to introduce legislation to explicitly state in law that TRICARE and the DOD nonappropriated fund (NAF) health plans meet all of the health care requirements currently under consideration by Congress for individual health insurance. These programs [...]
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Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans deploys Dolphin helicopter to North Dakota
NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans has deployed an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew to Fargo, N.D., to assist with the Red River flooding response efforts. The Dolphin arrived Friday after a 2-day journey from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans located in Belle Chasse.
Kodiak-based aircrews win national award for Alaska rescues
KODIAK, Alaska – Eight Alaska-based Coast Guardsmen from Air Station Kodiak will be awarded the American Helicopter Society’s prestigious William J. Kossler Award at the American Helicopter Society Forum in Phoenix May 12 for saving the lives of seven commercial fishermen in 2009.
Coast Guard recognizes Army National Guard pilot for support in Arctic
JUNEAU, Alaska – Rear Adm. Cristopher C. Colvin, commander Seventeenth Coast Guard District, awarded Chief Warrant Officer David A. Stettenbenz, Army National Guard pilot, with a Coast Guard Achievement medal Thursday.
Across frozen Alaska
by PA1 David Mosley
Late in the year of 1897, an urgent letter was dispatched to Capt. Francis Tuttle, commander of the Revenue Cutter Bear. Tuttle and his crew had just returned to Seattle following a long summer spent operating in Alaskan waters, when the letter was received informing Tuttle that eight whaling vessels and [...]
Coast Guard-sponsored musher finishes in the top five in Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
WASHINGTON — Coast Guard-sponsored veteran dog sled racer Ken Anderson placed fourth in the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Tuesday, traveling 1,049 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
Coast Guard sponsored musher finishes 4th in Iditarod
JUNEAU, Alaska – Veteran dog sled racer and Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher, Ken Anderson, crossed the finish line in Nome fourth in this year’s 38th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race traveling 1,049 miles across Alaska.