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Anchorage WW II veteran receives overdue combat medal

...to work," Miller said.The commendation was lost.Sixty-five years later, Miller learned that his former commanding officer, John Charlton, was still alive. Miller made contact, and Charlton told him that he was put in for a medal...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-01/anchorage-ww-ii-veteran-receives-overdu
State
Coast Guard District 17 Prevention Chief retires

...Elsewhere, he was the Executive Officer of the cutters Iris and Cowslip, homeported in Astoria, Ore. He was the Commanding Officer of the cutters Red Oak and Red Wood, homeported in Philadelphia, Penn., and the cutters Buttonwood and Aspen...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-17/coast-guard-district-17-prevention-chie
Local
Coast Guardsman accused of sexual assault found not guilty

...his unit and going back to his duties," Fields said.Trevino could still face administrative action from his commanding officer, Fields said. That could vary from a notice on his official military record to alcohol treatment or training, according...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-31/coast-guardsman-accused-sexual-assault-
Local
Open house on Juneau-moored USCG cutters

...Wednesday morning, the crew of the Healy will also go through their Command Assessment Readiness Training given by the commanding officer.CART assesses the crew's operational proficiency, formal school training and team training, as well as inspections...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-10-31/open-house-juneau-moored-uscg-cutters
Local
Healy at port in Juneau after 2 years

...the Great Lakes.Although this is Havlik's first time in Juneau, she is connected to the city through a former commanding officer of hers.From 2007 to 2009, Havlik served as executive officer of the heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Sea, under the...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-02/healy-port-juneau-after-2-years
Local
Coast Guard helps rescue 2 walrus calves

...presence in the Arctic, we can provide our help and support in a variety of ways," Capt. Melissa Rivera, the commanding officer of Air Station Kodiak, said in a written statement.From Anchorage, the walruses were transported 125 miles south...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-08-01/coast-guard-helps-rescue-2-walrus-calve
State
Coast Guard: 2 dead in shootings at Alaska station

...Hengen said, and is responsible for relaying distress calls to the air station of the Coast Guard in Anchorage. A commanding officer and enlisted and civilian personnel are stationed at the base about eight miles from the island's largest city...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-12/coast-guard-2-dead-shootings-alaska-sta
State
Coast Guard: 2 dead in shooting at Kodiak Island

...roughly 60 enlisted personnel and civilians working at the station have been accounted for.Capt. Jesse Moore, commanding officer of the Coast Guard base on Kodiak, said the shootings likely occurred sometime between 7 and 8 a.m., soon after...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-13/coast-guard-2-dead-shooting-kodiak-isla
State
Ten-hut! Young, determined and ready

...graduation dais row-by-row at strict attention, announce their names via microphone and ultimately meet their commanding officers. One soldier set to ship out for the next phase told me he had lost 40 pounds during the rigorous basic training...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-06-18/ten-hut-young-determined-and-ready
Opinion
Coast Guard black hulls meet in Juneau for annual buoy tender roundup

...training and lessons learned," said Lt. Jason Haag ,commanding officer of the Coast Guard cutter Henry Blake. "It's...Michele Schallip, the Coast Guard cutter Spar's commanding officer. "And the defending biscuit-and-gravy champs...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-07-17/coast-guard-black-hulls-meet-juneau-ann
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