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    United States Coast Guard
    Indonesian group  trains at AVTEC
    Indonesian group trains at AVTEC
    By Elwood Brehmer • September 3, 2015 11:03 am

    Members of the Indonesian Coast Guard and navy began two weeks of training at the Alaska Vocational Technical Center in…

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    The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island is moored at the Homer Harbor last Tuesday. Commissioned in 1992, the 110-foot Island Class cutter will be decomissioned this month. A farewell ceremony is at 10 a.m. today at the Homer Elks Lodge.-Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Coast Guard cutter forced into retirement
    By Michael Armstrong • June 4, 2015 9:31 am

    After 23 years of service, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island ends its tour of duty. Sometime soon it…

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    Coast Guard responds to Cook Inlet fuel spill
    Coast Guard responds to Cook Inlet fuel spill
    May 28, 2015 4:31 pm

    The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a fuel spill near Port Graham on Saturday. Several agencies responded to an area…

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    Seward leads efforts to train maritime workforce for future
    Seward leads efforts to train maritime workforce for...
    By Elwood Brehmer • May 20, 2015 3:56 pm

    SEWARD — AVTEC, that little school at the end of the road in Seward, happens to be at the international…

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    Safety workshop scheduled  for Feb. 21
    Safety workshop scheduled for Feb. 21
    February 11, 2015 10:56 am

    The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association is bringing its safety drill conductor workshop back to Homer Feb. 21 at the…

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    Jose J. Correa was named Fall 2014 Sailor of the Quarter for the USCGC Hickory.
    Correa named ‘sailor of the quarter’
    By McKibben Jackinsky • December 3, 2014 4:56 pm

    The chiefs and command of the USCGC Hickory have announced their selection of Jose J. Correa, a machinery technician second…

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    A little teamwork from David Simonds, left, Aleksander Kay and Jonathan Alexander of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment in Homer are getting the job done: wood chopped for firewood and being sold by the truckload to benefit Share the Spirit. Other MSD personnel helping with the project are Lt. William Albright, Justin Harrison and Keith McKinney. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Coast Guard selling firewood to support Share the...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 30, 2014 9:28 am

    Feel that chill in the air? The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment in Homer has just the solution for…

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    Seaman apprentice Mike Threadgill appears to lose his head in the Halloween madness of the 1991 Haunted Sedge. -File photo
    Haunted Hickory: Always ready for frightening fun
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 15, 2014 2:01 pm

    The U.S. Coast Guard’s motto “Semper Paratus” — Latin for “always ready” — perfectly sums up the decades-long attitude of…

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    Two men rescued off Homer after boat engine fails
    Two men rescued off Homer after boat engine...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 21, 2014 12:27 pm

    The Homer Coast Guard Auxiliary and two crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island rescued two mariners with…

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    Chief Petty Officer Travis Clark assists the family of Commander Brian C. Krautler in pinning on Krautler’s new shoulder boards bearing the Commander (O-5) insignia. Krautler, the commanding officer of the Hickory, received the promotion effective July 1. Pictured are Clark, Krautler, Krautler’s wife, Andrea, and their children, Kate, 9,  and James, 5.  The promotion was celebrated in a small ceremony held aboard the Hickory at its berth on Pioneer Pier.
    Hickory’s commanding officer promoted in July 1 ceremony
    July 30, 2014 2:54 pm

    The commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory, Brian C. Krautler, has been promoted to the rank of…

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    Casey M. Coates-Photo provided
    Homer student to graduate from CMA
    March 26, 2014 2:42 pm

    Casey M. Coates, son of Michael and Laurie Coates, has made the dean’s list at California Maritime Academy, San Francisco,…

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    While Seaman Mike Ferraro, left, pieces together body parts, Ensign Brian Henderson tests fake blood in preparation for the Haunted Hickory’s 2010 scare-a-thon. The Haunted Hickory has become a Homer Halloween tradition.-Homer News file photo
    USCGC Hickory: Haunting Homer for 10 years
    By Michael Armstrong • October 17, 2013 9:56 am

    When the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sedge left Homer in 2002, some thought that after more than 20 years the…

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    Coast Guard cleans wreckage of sunken vessel in Cook Inlet
    Coast Guard cleans wreckage of sunken vessel in...
    By Rashah McChesney • September 11, 2013 5:46 pm

    It is unclear when the wreckage of the F/V Six will be pulled out of Cook Inlet, however a U.S….

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