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  November 15, 2005
  Nov. 15, 2005 - President Bush speaks to troops in Anchorage (869.77 KB)
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - President George W. Bush speaks to an audience of 5,000 troops, military families and civilians at Elmendorf Air Force Base Monday. In his speech Bush thanked the military and their families for their dedication and outlined his strategy for victory in the War on Terror. Anchorage was a stop over on the President's trip to Asia. ( U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Sara Francis)
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  July 15, 2005
  July 15, 2005, 3:30 p.m. - Forks native retires after 20 years of service - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo (512.79 KB)
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  JUNEAU, Alaska - After 20 years of service, Forks, Wash. native Harvey D. Hoffman (left), a chief damage controlman, retired from the Coast Guard here today. Hoffman, with his wife Christina and daughters Amanda and Heather, will travel to Worland, Wyo. where they will make their new home. Also pictured with Chief Petty Officer Hoffman is his supervisor Cmdr. Marcus Woodring. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Tara Molle, Air Station Sitka)
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  July 11, 2005
  June 30, 2005, 12 p.m. AST- Body Builder: Coast Guard members achieve personal goals- 17th District Office of Public Affairs press release (1.46 MB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska- Coast Guard Petty Officer Thomas J. Hussey works out regimentally everyday at 5:30 a.m. at the base gym here. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  July 11, 2005
  June 30, 2005, 12 p.m. AST- Body Builder: Coast Guard members achieve personal goals- 17th District Office of Public Affairs press release (1.91 MB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska- Coast Guard Petty Officer Thomas J. Hussey works out regimentally everyday at 5:30 a.m. at the base gym here. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  July 11, 2005
  June 30, 2005, 12 p.m. AST- Body Builder: Coast Guard members achieve personal goals- 17th District Office of Public Affairs press release (1.45 MB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska- Coast Guard Petty Officer Thomas J. Hussey works out regimentally everyday at 5:30 a.m. at the base gym here. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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  June 15, 2005
  June 15, 2004, 1:30 p.m. AST - Twenty-six years in the blink of an eye, Coronado man to retire after 26-year Coast Guard career - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo (2.16 MB)
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  JUNEAU, Alaska – Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Jones (center), a 26-year career Coast Guardsman, calls the name of a door prize winner during the annual Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer’s Association (CPOA) annual Senior Dinner. Jones, a Coronado, Calif., native is retiring from the Coast Guard. The Senior’s Dinner is hosted by the CPOA here , allowing hundreds of Southeast Alaska senior citizens to gather for a holiday meal paid for and prepared by the chiefs. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Roger W. Wetherell)
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  June 03, 2005
  June 3, 2005, 3 p.m. AST - Erie, Pa Coast Guardsman in Alaska reenlists - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo (3.29 MB)
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  JUNEAU, Alaska - Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Charles Testrake (right), 29, of Erie, Pa., recites his reenlistment oath during a ceremony June 3 here. Testrake reenlisted for six years. Ensign Mark Brown read the oath. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Roger W. Wetherell)
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  April 13, 2005
  April 13, 2005, 12:30 p.m. AST - Kodiak Coast Guard children celebrate the Month of the Military Child - 17th Coast Guard District photo release (1.73 MB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska – Children from the Coast Guard base child development center march in a parade here, to celebrate April as the Month of the Military Child. Their Coast Guard parents accompanied some of the children, while others wore their parent’s uniform shirt. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski)
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  April 08, 2005
  Apr. 5, 2005, Noon AST - Coast Guardsman receives air medal (1.77 MB)
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  KODIAK, Alaska – Cmdr. Matthew Barre, Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak's executive officer, awards Lt. Steve Bonn the Coast Guard Air Medal during a ceremony April 5 at the air station here. Bonn earned the medal for his participation during rescue operations following the explosion and sinking of the motor vessel Bow Mariner Feb. 28, 2004 off the coast of Virginia. Bonn and his Jayhawk crew rescued six of the vessel's crewmen while flying through fumes from the remaining diesel fuel and ethanol cargo. Bonn is currently stationed here. He is the son of Ruth and Vernon Bonn of Guymon, Okla. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski)
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  March 24, 2005
  Mar. 24, 2005 - Alaska Coast Guard Person of the Year (1.55 MB)
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  JUNEAU, Alaska - Rear Adm. James C. Olson presents the Alaska Coast Guard Person of the Year award certificate to Petty Officer Patrick Lammersen during a Mar. 23 ceremony at Air Station Sitka. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Pete Melnick, Air Station Sitka)