The Justice Department’s inspector general announced on Tuesday that his office would investigate a Drug Enforcement Administration program linked to violent drug cartel attacks in Mexico that have left dozens, possibly hundreds, of people dead or missing. In a letter to senior congressional Democrats, Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said that an internal review had […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard concluded its annual Arctic Shield operations Monday with the closure of its Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue and the departure of the Cutter Healy from the Arctic. Air Station Kodiak air crews and two MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters were forward deployed to Kotzebue to provide better response times and coverage to remote […]
When Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico on September 20, the leadership team of a small Alaska Native Corporation half a world away jumped into action to help their extended family of employees. The Sitnasuak Native Corporation of Nome has more than 800 employees in Puerto Rico at SNC Technical Services, LLC (SNCT), […]
ALAMEDA, Calif. — U.S. Coast Guardsmen and U.S. Navy sailors conducted shipboard dive operations from a Coast Guard cutter in the Arctic July 29 for the first time since two Coast Guard divers perished in a subsurface accident almost 11 years ago. Shipboard Arctic dive operations increase the Coast Guard’s ability to assure year-round access […]