KODIAK, Alaska — The crew of USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) returned home to Kodiak on Monday following a 45-day winter Bering Sea patrol during which they conducted domestic fisheries enforcement, responded to search and rescue, and conducted several shipboard training exercises. Prior to departing for the Bering Sea, the crew completed their Tailored Ship Training […]
Washington, D.C.— Friday, Representative Peltola announced her plans to return to the nation’s capital. The Representative has been spending time with family following the passing of her husband, Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola on September 12th. “The past few weeks have been some of the most difficult in my life,” said Representative Peltola. “I am so thankful for […]
There was a time when Christine Gabriele wondered if she’d ever see one of her favorite creatures again. That 42-year-old female humpback whale — known as whale #219 to Gabriele and other biologists at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve — had been missing from her favorite Icy Strait herring-fishing grounds in Alaska. No one […]
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC 39) and its crew returned to its homeport of Kodiak following a successful 57-day patrol in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea, Monday. Nicknamed the “Bulldog of the Bering,” the Alex Haley and crew supported multiple strategic-level objectives for the Seventeenth Coast Guard District and the U.S. Northern Command, including providing […]