Screencap of rescue video. Coast guard hoisting crewman. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak opened its forward operating location in Cold Bay last week. The annual assignment shortens the response time to incidents at sea, like one that happened Thursday. According to a Coast Guard press release, a crewman on a vessel southeast of …
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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 …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Coast Guard helicopter crew from air station Kodiak came to the rescue of a mariner about 14 miles north of Port Moller on Tuesday. According to a Coast Guard press release, the 43-foot gill netter Transit was stuck in the surf for an unspecified reason and “taking on water.” Two good Samaritan vessels tried to help, but …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard medevac’d a man with a broken ankle from a fishing vessel this weekend. According to a Coast Guard press release, Anchorage watchstanders received a report Sunday that a crewmember aboard the New Dawn had been injured. The vessel was located in the Shelikof Strait area at the time. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT Members of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak stationed in Kotzebue this summer are heading back to home base. On Monday the Coast Guard wrapped up Operation Arctic Shield 2016, a mission it undertakes during the summer months in order to speed up response time to locations across the state during the busy fishing season, specifically in the Alaskan …
Read More »Nothing less than changing the culture of the federal government is the purpose of the wrongful death lawsuit brought this month as a result of the double murder at Coast Guard Communications Station Kodiak four years ago. Richard Belisle, a retired Coast Guardsman, and James Hopkins, an active duty Coast Guardsman, were killed by a coworker in 2012. Nicola Belisle …
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A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transfers an injured all terrain vehicle rider to awaiting emergency medical services personnel. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard medevac’d a young ATV driver on Kodiak Island this weekend. According to a Coast Guard press release, the 15-year-old girl …
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Kayla Desroches /KMXT The U.S. Coast Guard medevac’d a man from a fishing vessel north of Cold Bay Thursday morning. According to a press release, the 21-year-old crewmember lost consciousness and the Coast Guard was notified of the medical emergency aboard the Seafreeze Alaska a little after 7:30 a.m. The vessel was located about 195 miles north of Cold Bay, …
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