Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
  2009 Arctic Crossroads
Imagery Release Date: August 16, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios 
Phone: (907) 321-4516

Coast Guard clean up beach and give search and rescue demonstration

In this photo by the Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Vincent Fabunan searches the rocks for trash during a beach cleanup in Nome, Alaska. Fabunan is a health services specialist for the Coast Guard. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, Coast Guard members put on protective equipment and prepare there assets for a search and rescue demonstration in Nome, Alaska. The demonstration was put on by both the Coast Guard and Air Force. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, community members in Nome, Alaska, watch attentively during a search and rescue demonstration by the Coast Guard. The demonstration was to show the community what it looks like during a search and rescue operation. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, Seaman Anthony Utton reaches between boulders to clean up trash and debris during a beach clean up in Nome, Alaska. The Coast Guard volunteered there Sunday morning to clean Middle Beach. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter lands next to a HH-60 Pavehawk during a search and rescue demonstration in Nome, Alaska. The Coast Guard and Air Force provided assets for the operation. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, Lt. Chris Carter shows Brayden Bahnke, eight, how to pilot a HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter during a search and rescue demonstration in Nome, Alaska. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby Messick unties a 25-foot response boat. The boat played a role in the search and rescue demonstration in Nome, Alaska. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)

Editors note: Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios

NOME, Alaska - Members of the Coast Guard, Air Force and Air National Guard volunteered their Sunday to clean Middle Beach of trash and also put on a search and rescue demonstration for the community here.

The demonstration consisted of a MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew, a HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter crew, a C-130 Hercules airplane crew and a 25-foot response boat.

During the demonstration members of the community were able to see first hand how complex a mission it is to search for and rescue a person in Alaskan waters.  

After the demonstration the Coast Guard and Air Force landed their helicopters on Middle Beach and left them there as a static display where community members could come up and see the helicopters and learn about them.  There was also a 25-foot response boat on display.

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