The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley was excited to participate in the first ever “Angel Tree” with the village of Akutan located in the Aleutian Islands Dec. 23. During the cutter’s summer patrol of 2014, crewmembers went ashore to visit the village of Akutan and meet the school’s principal and a plan […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is searching for a 52-year-old man named Paul Keithahn in the vicinity of Coghlan Island near Auke Bay Tuesday. A 25-foot response boat crew from Station Juneau, the Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel Parker and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka began their search Monday after a good […]
COAST GUARD CUTTER HEALY, Arctic Ocean – Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers successfully landed an unmanned aircraft system on the flight deck of Coast Guard Cutter Healy Monday, marking the first time a UAS has completed a take-off and landing aboard a Coast Guard icebreaker. UAS operators from AeroVironment, designers […]
SEWARD, Alaska — For a second year, members of the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, based in New London, Connecticut, make their way to the large ice floes of the Arctic Ocean to conduct research and test new equipment and technologies with the aim of expanding our knowledge and enhancing our ability to respond […]