Photo Release: Coast Guard Commandant tours Coast Guard Cutter Healy

KODIAK, Alaska – Coast Guard Cutter Healy's Commanding Officer Capt. Beverly Havlik, center, leads a discussion with Alice Hill, left, senior counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Lt. Chris Skapin, Healy’s marine science officer, and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp in the bio-chemistry laboratory aboard the Healy Aug. 7, 2011.

The official party toured the Healy's Arctic research spaces essential to the ship’s distinct operations.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter Healy.

KODIAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp and Alice Hill, senior counsel to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, meet with Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Glenn St. Pierre, Healy's operations officer, far right, and the cutter's bridge team aboard the ship to discuss the details of cutter’s bridge operations Aug. 7, 2011.

The Healy, a 420-foot icebreaker homeported in Seattle, Wa., provides more than 4,200 square feet of scientific laboratory space, electronic sensor systems, oceanographic winches and accommodations for up to 50 scientists.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter Healy.

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