Operation Santa Claus Returns to St. Mary’s, Where the Program First Began

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Operation Santa Claus Returns to St. Mary’s, Where the Program First Began

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — There’s something indispensable about returning to your roots, like an intrinsic yearning that needs to be filled. And who knows yearning better than children awaiting Christmas? Operation Santa Claus answered that calling when its volunteers and partners delivered gifts, fresh fruit, school supplies and Santa Claus to more than 250 […]

Coast Guard Monitors Rescue of Mariner 400 Miles South of Cold Bay

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Coast Guard Monitors Rescue of Mariner 400 Miles South of Cold Bay

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard monitored the rescue of a mariner in distress aboard a 30-foot sailboat approximately 400 miles south of Cold Bay, Alaska. The good Samaritan crew of Tor Viking, a vessel contracted under Shell, safely recovered the mariner and his cat. Coast Guard 17th District watchstanders received an alert from the mariner’s emergency […]

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