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Airman Dominik Vancini, front, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Mariaah Romo-Cosgrove chock and chain an MH-65D, attached to Alaska Patrol Division of Air Station Kodiak, on the flight deck of San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jenna Dobson)

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Coast Guard training with Marines and Navy in Alaska exercise

This is the largest-ever exercise of its kind.

A Capital City Fire/Rescue crew transports a cruise ship passenger off the Radiances of the Seas downtown on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Ship to shore: Juneau paramedics maintain care at sea

CCFR paramedics help out with at-sea medevacs.

The Ruby Princess is escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard into Juneau downtown harbor on Monday, April 30, 2018. The ship was the first of the season.

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Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship near Douglas

The man was evacuated from a cruise ship.

The Ruby Princess is escorted by a U.S. Coast Guard 45 foot Response Boat-Medium into Juneau downtown harbor on Monday, April 30, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Moving target: How do you medevac embarked patients?

From ship to shore, the Coast Guard gets it done.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S.C.G Dive Team, U.S. Army Dive Team and the Canadian Coast Guard participate in the annual Buoy Tender Olympics at Station Juneau on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Canadian Coast Guardsmen triumph in Buoy Tender Olympics

The inter-vessel competition was fierce.

DV1 Shawn Price, of the U.S. Army Dive Team fronts his team during the annual Buoy Tender Olympics at Station Juneau on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Vying for Glory: These Olympic-style games make Coast Guard training fun

They’re going for gold.

Sgt. Cesar Rodriquez, left, and Sgt. Kenneth Byrd, of the U.S. Army’s 74th Engineer Dive Detachment check their gauges one last time before submerging on a project at the Don D. Statter Boat Harbor in Auke Bay on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. Members of the U.S. Army’s 74th Engineer Dive Detachment and U.S. Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker West worked together to inspect and replace the bolts holding the harbor’s breakwater together. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Army-Coast Guard team-up is going down

Dive teams stage joint exercise in Alaska.

Two men flown to safety from Lemon Creek glacier

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Two men flown to safety from Lemon Creek glacier

Three agencies combined to find them.

Getting a ride on a Coast Guard ‘ship

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Getting a ride on a Coast Guard ‘ship

He’s No. 1

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue flight

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Coast Guard suspends search for overdue flight

Three Juneau residents were aboard medevac plane traveling from Anchorage to Kake.

Coast Guard searches channel after report of flipped skiff

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Coast Guard searches channel after report of flipped skiff

It was in the middle of a snowstorm.

Joe McCabe, a paralegal specialist with the NOAA General Counsel office, talks Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, about being being off work since the partial federal shutdown started on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. McCabe, 55, said he has always had work since he was 13. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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‘It’s ridiculous’: Furloughed Juneau residents frustrated at federal shutdown

It goes beyond just federal employees.

Flags are raised on U.S. Coast Guard buoy tenders for reveille before the start of the Buoy Tender Olympics at Station Juneau on Aug. 22. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Some Coast Guard employees furloughed, others working without pay during shutdown

The near future remains uncertain.

The Douglas Bridge on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Woman nearly jumps from Douglas Bridge

The woman was ‘in crisis,’ police said.

The Herbert Glacier, located between the Herbert and Eagle Rivers about 30 miles from downtown Juneau, is pictured in November 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File) The Herbert Glacier, located between the Herbert and Eagle Rivers about 30 miles from downtown Juneau, is pictured in November 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Coast Guard rescues injured hiker off Herbert Glacier

No hypothermia reported.

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacs a patient from Wrangell to Sitka, Alaska, July 17, 2018. (Courtesy photo | Stephen Prysunka)

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Hiker safe after rescue near Elfin Cove

The Californian was on Inian Island.

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacs a patient from Wrangell to Sitka, Alaska, July 17, 2018. (Courtesy photo | Stephen Prysunka)

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Coast Guard rescues overdue Hoonah hunters

A helicopter crew found them within minutes.

A Coast Guard boat searches Gastineau Channel for two missing boaters on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (Angelo Saggiomo | Juneau Empire)

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Authorities identify Juneau man who died in canoe accident

It’s unclear how he ended up in the water.

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacs a patient from Wrangell to Sitka, Alaska, July 17, 2018. (Courtesy Photo | Stephen Prysunka)

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Three hunters rescued unharmed from mountain

Three hunters were rescued Monday morning on William Henry Mountain.

Dead man found in water near downtown

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Dead man found in water near downtown

The body of a 53-year-old Juneau man was found in the water near Coast Guard Station Juneau on…