Tag Archives: U.S. Navy

The following was released by a spokesman for the NCIS [Naval Criminal Investigative Service]. KMXT posts it here as received, with minor formatting changes so it is easier to read. Thanks to Jacob Resneck at CoastAlaska in Juneau for the assistance.   “On Saturday, June 13, at around 10:30 p.m., Alaska Daylight Time, an unauthorized civilian, 30-year-old Jayson Vinberg of …

Six Coast Guard servicemembers and three U.S. Navy sailors were hospitalized in Kodiak on Wednesday evening after a Coast Guard and Navy vessel collision, according to a statement released by Coast Guard Public Affairs late Wednesday night. The collision occurred around 7:30 p.m in Women’s Bay, according to Coast Guard Public Affairs Lt. Comm. Scott McCann. All six servicemembers aboard …

The U.S. Navy is bringing a ship to Kodiak’s city dock tomorrow morning, according to Senior Chief Petty Officer Brandon Raile from Alaskan Command Public Affairs. Raile declined to state the name of the ship, because, he said, the Navy doesn’t want to disclose specific ship movements. However, the city dock, or Pier 2, is meant for larger boats and …

Two guided-missile destroyers sailing in the Western Pacific. ( Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT Two U.S. Navy admirals and other personnel visited the Kodiak City Council last night at its regular meeting. They gave a presentation on the navy exercise, Northern Edge which was held earlier this year in the Gulf of …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Next month, the Navy will scan Kodiak and Unalaska waters for World War II era munitions using underwater drones. It’s part of an ongoing effort to eventually remove the explosives. What could happen and whether the historic weapons would detonate is unclear. Navy public affairs officer Leslie Yuenger explains how someone’s treasured artifact – collected on a casual …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Navy has pinned down what the naval exercises in the Gulf of Alaska will look like for the next few years, and the new plan reflects input from Gulf of Alaska communities and tribal entities. The Navy conducts a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement every five years, and after consultation with the public, tribes, and state governmental …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The U.S. Navy in collaboration with other military forces is in the midst of a free healthcare program in Kodiak called Arctic Care, which falls under The United States Department of Defense Arctic Care Readiness Training Program, or IRT. They’re operating a number of medical services out of the former AC Value Center and there are eye doctors, …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The U.S. Navy has called on Kodiak residents to provide information about possible WWII ordnance left on or around the archipelago. In 2011, a Navy historian from Washington state travelled to Alaska to conduct research on the sea defense areas the Navy used in WWII. During his visit, he identified three sites that needed to be looked at …