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An example of a fast response cutter, the Cutter Gerczak. (Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir / U.S. Coast Guard) Kayla Desroches/KMXT U.S. Coast Guard base Kodiak is getting two new cutters for search and rescue, fisheries enforcement, and security. And with the new cutters comes an extra demand on housing. The new fast response cutters, or FRCs, are replacing five …

Aircrew works on HC-130H Hercules. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Peter Reft/ Airforce) Mitch Borden/KMXT U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak is changing its provider of base operational support services. The base has worked with Kodiak Support Services, which is run by Natives of Kodiak, for the past 11 years according to a Coast Guard press release. But it’s now in …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard medevac’d a man from a Chinese research vessel Saturday. According to a coast guard press release, crew from the Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley performed the medevac offshore from Nome. As stated in the press release, the Coast Guard received a request to send help to the vessel Xue Long, reporting a Chinese citizen …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, Kayla Desroches speaks about this year’s Coast Guard appreciation day with Captain Jeff Westling, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak, and Stephanie DeLaGarza from the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. Also joining are two members of the Lions Club raising money for a humanitarian trip to Guatemala in July.