Photo Release: Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force operates out of Bethel, Alaska

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 09/01/2022 01:11 PM EDT

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Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force Operates out of Bethel, Alaska

Three Civil Air Patrol Pilots, three Alaska Army National Guard aircrew members and six Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage take a moment for a group photo in Bethel Alaska, August 29, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage chat with a fuel storage representative in a remote community near Bethel Alaska, August 26, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage chat with fuel storage representatives in a remote community near Bethel Alaska, August 23, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage arrive in a remote community near Bethel Alaska, August 28, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard members from Sector Anchorage returned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Tuesday after conducting Marine Safety Task Force missions out of Bethel, Alaska, August 22-30, 2022.

Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors and two Environmental Protection Agency inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. Coast Guard and EPA inspectors also held a government initiated unannounced exercise August 25 at Crowley Fuels in Bethel.
 
Inspectors flew commercially from Anchorage to Bethel August 22, and teams flew out of Bethel daily, weather permitting, either aboard an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter or a Civil Air Patrol plane.
 
Coast Guard inspectors met with representatives in each community and discussed opportunities for federal compliance with facility managers and operators in the communities of Akiachak, Bethel, Chefornak, Chevak, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Kasigluk, Marshall, Mekoryuk, Mountain Village, Napakiak, Newtok, Nunapitchuk, Oscarville, Pilot Station, Quinhagak, Russian Mission, Sleetmute, St. Mary's and Toksook Bay.
 
"Thanks to support from both the Civil Air Patrol and Alaska Army National Guard, we were able to travel to 20 communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and surrounding area," said Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Holman, a team leader on the deployment. "Being able to visit these communities and discuss with facility operators ways of attaining federal compliance greatly enhances our ability to protect both the people who live there and the maritime environments they rely on for subsistence."

Lt. j.g. Riley Cassidy, a Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Marine Safety Task Force member, participates in a discussion about Coast Guard missions during a community meeting at a school in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region near Bethel, Alaska, August 26, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage chat with a fuel storage representative in a remote community near Bethel Alaska, August 24, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

Petty Officer 1st Class Arien Buchanan, a Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Marine Safety Task Force member, learns about a fuel facility near Bethel, Alaska, during an inspection August 28, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

A Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force member from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage and two representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency work with a representative from Crowley Fuels in Bethel, Alaska, during a government initiated unannounced exercise August 25, 2022. During the exercise, the representative demonstrated his proficiency in initial oil spill response. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

An Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew picks up Coast Guard members from Sector Anchorage and an ANG recruiter from a remote community near Bethel Alaska, August 26, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

An Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew, Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage and members of a remote community near Bethel, Alaska, take a moment for a photo August 28, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

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