Alaska’s Coast Guard Honors Four With Air Medals for Heroic Rescue Last November
The story of another heroic Coast Guard rescue — this one in the grip of an intense November storm in Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage — was told as four USCG service members received the Air Medal from Rear Admiral Nathan Moore, Commander of the Coast Guard 17th District.
The awards ceremony took place last Friday at Air Station Sitka for Lt. Justin Neal, pilot; Lt. Jonathan Orthman, copilot; Petty Officer 2nd Class James Schwader, flight mechanic; and Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant Roberts, rescue swimmer...
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