‘Forward-deployed’ Coast Guard helicopter crews help rescue 6 people in two searches

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk departs from the Alaska Army National Guard Hangar in Kotzebue to reconnoiter the area. The Coast has assigned two MH-60s from Air Station Kodiak to the hangar, which is serving as the hub of Forward Operating Location Kotzebue. The forward-deployed aircraft and crew are participating in Coast Guard Arctic Shield 2017, a field-training exercise that runs through the summer. (Brian Dykens/U.S. Coast Guard)Coast Guard personnel based out of Kotzebue helped rescue six pe