Multimedia Release: Russian Northeast Border Directorate arrives in Kodiak

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KODIAK, Alaska - The Russian Northeast Border Directorate delegation arrives at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak April 17, 2011, from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

The 17th Coast Guard District and the NBD conduct bi-annual meetings to coordinate international fisheries enforcement operations, responses to distresses at sea and law enforcement operations along the U.S. and Russian Maritime Boundary Line in the Bering Sea.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen.

KODIAK, Alaska - The Russian Federal Security Service vessel Vorovsky arrives in Kodiak April 17, 2011, and officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and Northeast Border Directorate observe its mooring and visit the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf.

Over the next few days the crews of both vessels and the delegations will conduct cultural exchanges.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally.

KODIAK, Alaska - The U.S. Coast Guard 17th District delegation greets the Northeast Border Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia as they arrive at Air Station Kodiak April 17, 2011.

The 17th Coast Guard District and the NBD conduct bi-annual meetings to coordinate international fisheries enforcement operations, responses to distresses at sea and law enforcement operations along the U.S. and Russian Maritime Boundary Line in the Bering Sea.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen.

Kodiak, Alaska - Rear Adm. Christopher Colvin, commander of the 17th Coast Guard District (right), and Capt. Craig Lloyd, chief of response (center), along with other delegation members greet Russian Lt. Gen. Raphael Alexseevich Daerbaev, chief of the Northeast Border Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia (left), upon his arrival to Kodiak April 17, 2011.

The officers will spend several days discussing law enforcement, fisheries management and search and rescue operations carried out in the North Pacific and Bering Sea.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charly Hengen.

KODIAK, Alaska - Petty Officer 3rd Class Kody Skvaril of Guam and Petty Officer 3rd Class Tessa Vasquez of Philadelphia handle lines as the Russian Northeast Border Directorate vessel Vorovsky moors in Kodiak April 17, 2011.

The crew of the Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky-based Krivak-class patrol vessel will engage in a series of cross cultural exchanges with the crew of the Legend-class cutter Bertholf, homeported in Alameda, Calif., who are visiting Kodiak before conducting a Bering Sea patrol.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - Lt. Gen. Raphael Alexeseevich Daerbaev, the chief of the Northeast Border Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia, is greeted by Rear Adm. Christopher Colvin, commander of the 17th Coast Guard District, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf April 17, 2011.

Daerbaev was in Kodiak for the bi-annual commanders meeting between the Russian NBD and the U.S. Coast Guard.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally.

For more information please contact Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis at 907-321-4501.