Coast Guard teams to deploy for summer operations in Kotzebue, Alaska
Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Cullen (center), a marine science technician with the Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF), speaks with Teller Native Corporation employees during a facility inspection in Teller, Alaska, July 20, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa E. F. McKenzie.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Members of Sector Anchorage’s Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF) will...
Coast Guard demobilizes FOL Kotzebue, moves to Utqiagvik, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew prepares to take off from the forward operating location in Kotzebue, Alaska. U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bradley Pigage.
KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews demobilized the forward operating location in Kotzebue, Friday, and moved efforts to Utqiagvik, Alaska.
The move is due to an impact to search and rescue...
Coast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2017
A MH-65 helicopter crew deployed on the Cutter Alex Haley lands on deck during helicopter flight operations in the Chukchi Sea, Aug. 17, 2017. The cutter and helicopter crews are deployed to the Arctic Ocean in support of Operation Arctic Shield 2017. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Shawn Eggert.
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard concluded its annual Arctic Shield operations Monday with...
Coast Guard rescues 6 hunters on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued six hunters on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Oct. 22, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued six hunters on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Sunday.
The Jayhawk helicopter crew located the five adults and one child 25 miles southeast of Savoonga on St....
Operation Arctic Shield 2016 ends as forward operating location closes in Kotzebue, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Operation Arctic Shield 2016 concludes as Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crews close Forward Operating Location Kotzebue, Monday.
Air Station Kodiak crews were deployed to FOL Kotzebue during the summer months as part of Operation Arctic Shield, an annual operation that began in 2009. The aircrews responded to 22 cases, saving six lives and assisting five others,...
Coast Guard medevacs 65-year-old man from tug near Kotzebue, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak Jayhawk helicopter crew, foward deployed to Kotzebue, medevaced a 65-year-old male from the tug boat Drew Foss 57 miles south of Kotzebue, Friday.
The Jayhawk crew hoisted the man and transported him to awaiting emergency personnel in Kotzebue.
17th Coast Guard District command center watchstanders received a medevac request from Health Force Partners...
Coast Guard medevacs man suffering possible heart attack southeast of Barrow, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew forward deployed in Kotzebue medevaced a crew member from the French cable laying vessel Isle De Sein approximately 80 miles southeast of Barrow Wednesday evening.
The Jayhawk crew hoisted the injured crew member and safely transported him to Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital in Barrow.
Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District...
Coast Guard assists in search for overdue hiker near Nome, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard, along with Alaska State Troopers, Nome Volunteer Fire Department and Bering Air, are searching for a 36-year-old male hiker who was reported overdue in the vicinity of East Fork of the Solomon River near Nome, Alaska, Monday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew deployed at Forward Operating Location Kotzebue and a Bering Air helicopter...
Coast Guard opens forward operating location in Kotzebue, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard opened its seasonal forward operating location in Kotzebue Friday in preparation for the anticipated increase of maritime activities in Western Alaska and the Bering Strait.
FOL Kotzebue, part of Coast Guard Arctic Shield 2013, will consist of one Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter with supporting air and ground crews, and will be based...
