Tag Archives: Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard members and City of Kodiak emergency medical personnel transfer a man from the F/V Nordic Cross to an awaiting ambulance at Air Station Kodiak. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen / U.S. Coast Guard) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard medevac’d a man in waters off Afognak Island today. According to a Coast Guard press …

Petty Officer 1st Class Devon Waite and canine Bingo conduct a vehicle sweep aboard the ferry vessel Tustumena in Kodiak. (Photo by Lauren Dean / U.S. Coast Guard) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard partnered with law enforcement agencies across the state to conduct a large-scale search for illegal activity on ferries in Washington State and Alaska. Between June 24 …

Earlier this month, the Coast Guard announced plans to add more than 100 service members to base Kodiak over the next six years and told KMXT that those new employees had already started arriving. Officials say the extra guard members are needed to operate and maintain larger and more technologically advanced vessels and aircraft arriving over the next few years …

Daysha Eaton/KMXT The Coast Guard Base in Kodiak plans to add more than 100 service members over the next six years. And they have already started arriving. That’s according to Raymond Reichl, Chief of External affairs for Coast Guard District 17.  He says the extra coast guardsmen are needed to operate and maintain more technologically advanced vessels and aircraft arriving …

Audience at recent school board regular meeting. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Students and parents filled the room at the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education regular meeting on Monday, April 16. Most were there to receive awards for the Kodiak Kids Don’t Float poster contest through the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the civilian volunteer branch …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak medevac’d a man southeast of Cold Bay Wednesday. According to a Coast Guard press release, the 42-year-old was experiencing gastrointestinal issues aboard the motor vessel Elpida GR. In response to a medevac request via watchstanders, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew deployed from Coast Guard Cutter Stratton and reached the …

Bridge 2 located between airport and Buskin River State Park. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A large crane is making the rounds on a couple of Coast Guard projects. It has a load capacity of 600 tons, and according to the U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak Facebook page, it’s the largest mobile crane in the state. Coast …

MH-60 Jayhawk parked in Cold Bay. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen/Coast Guard) Mitch Borden/KMXT On Tuesday afternoon, the Coast Guard received a report that a 44-year-old man was suffering a stroke on the fishing vessel Golden Alaska. A Coast Guard aircrew and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter responded to the call and found the boat 60 miles northeast …

MH-60 Jayhawk parked in Cold Bay. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen/Coast Guard) Mitch Borden/KMXT Last Thursday morning, the captain of the fishing vessel Bering Hunter requested a medevac from the Coast Guard for a 25-year-old man on the crew. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and its crew were deployed and found the ship 60 miles southwest of Cold …

MH-60 Jayhawk parked in Cold Bay. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen/Coast Guard) Mitch Borden/KMXT On Sunday morning(1/28), a Coast Guard aircrew flew an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter 70 miles west of Cold Bay to medevac a 59-year-old man from the fishing vessel Ocean Rover.  The aircrew and helicopter were forward deployed to Cold Bay from air station Kodiak. …