ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard Sector Anchorage members returned home Monday after response efforts in 32 Arctic and Western Alaska communities following the impacts of Typhoon Merbok. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage used the expeditionary operations deployment model to rapidly send emergency response teams into 32 remote villages to conduct damage assessments to bulk fuel Leer másCoast Guard crews returns from Typhoon Merbok response[…]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew medevac a boy after his vessel ran aground in Deering, approximately 60 nautical miles southwest of Kotzebue, Monday evening. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene and landed near the vessel at 9:40 p.m., embarked the 15-year-old boy, and transported Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T crew medevac boy offshore Kotzebue, Alaska[…]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard deploy an MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew and a MSTF team to Forward Operating Location (FOL) Kotzebue, Alaska, in support of 2022 summer operations. Members of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage’s Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF) will be in the region July 6-16, 2022, for a multi-mission deployment focused primarily Leer másCoast Guard deploy for summer ops in Kotzebue, Alaska[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard will conclude its annual operations in the Arctic Shield 2021 on Sunday with the seasonal closure of its Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue, Alaska. Air Station Kodiak aircrews and two MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters were forward deployed to Kotzebue to provide coverage and reduced response times to remote regions of Alaska during increased Leer másCoast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2021[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews opened a seasonal forward operating location (FOL) yesterday in Kotzebue, Alaska. Air Station Kodiak aircrews transferred aviation airframes and equipment to Kotzebue to reduce response time to the Bering Strait and Northern Slope regions in anticipation of historically increased maritime activity in that region during summer operations. Leer másCoast Guard opens seasonal FOL in Kotzebue, Alaska[…]
