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Date: February 17, 2012

Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant Devuyst

(907) 321-1866

Imagery Available: YMCA awards enlisted personnel of the year

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Members of the Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Army and National Guard stand together with General Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, at the 35th Armed Services YMCA of Alaska Annual Salute to the Military Feb. 17, 2012. Schwartz and the Alaska community paid honored the military members representing all branches of the military were honored at held in Anchorage. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley.   ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, District 17 commander, and Master Chief Petty Officer Sean McPhilmay, District 17 command master chief, stand for a photo with Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Frank, a marine science technician stationed at Sector Juneau, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Peters, a boatswains mate stationed at Small Boat Station Valdez, at the 35th Armed Services YMCA of Alaska Annual Salute to the Military Feb. 17, 2012. The Armed Services YMCA holds a yearly salute to the military dinner to honor military members stationed in Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley.   ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Frank, a marine science technician stationed at Sector Juneau, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Peters, a boatswains mate stationed at Small Boat Station Valdez, stand for a photo with General Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, at the 35th Armed Services YMCA of Alaska Annual Salute to the Military Feb. 17, 2012. Schwartz was the military official at this year's event to recognize Peters, Frank and members from all branches of the military at a ceremonial dinner held in Anchorage. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley.   ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Frank, a marine science technician stationed at Sector Juneau, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Peters, a boatswains mate stationed at Small Boat Station Valdez, stand for a photo with Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, District 17 commander, at the 35th Armed Services YMCA of Alaska Annual Salute to the Military Feb. 17, 2012. The Alaska community honored Peters and Frank and members representing all branches of the military at a ceremonial dinner held in Anchorage. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Armed Services YMCA at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson recognized the 12 Enlisted Service Personnel of the Year during the 35th Annual Salute to the Military at the Egan Civic and Convention Center Friday.

Two service members from each branch of the military, one active duty and one reservist, as well as two National Guardsmen, were named the Outstanding Junior Enlisted Service Personnel of the Year by the Armed Services YMCA in Anchorage.

“It’s an opportunity for the community to get together and recognize military members,” said Anita Porter, the special projects manager for the YMCA.

The Coast Guardsmen who were recognized are Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Peters, a boatswain’s mate at Station Valdez, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Frank, a reservist marine science technician with Sector Juneau.

“I’m proud that we are able to recognize Petty Officers Scott Peters and Jeremy Frank as the Coast Guard Alaska service members of the year,” said Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, the Coast Guard District 17 commander. “They are exceptional representatives for the active duty and reserve Coast Guard men and women serving throughout Alaska and their leadership, professionalism and devotion to duty serve as examples for others to follow.”

Peters, a tactical coxswain on Station Valdez’s 45-foot and 25-foot response boats, goes beyond his required duty to promote a healthy lifestyle at his unit, and is known for the intense workout sessions he offers to the station’s members. He is also involved in various volunteer events, including assisting in the construction of a community ski slope.

Frank, who was deployed for the Coast Guard response to the Deepwater Horizon spill, is being recognized for his role in the $14 million lightering operation associated with the removal of more than 130,000 gallons of bunker oil and 220,000 gallons of oily waste from the motor vessel Princess Kathleen, a 369 foot passenger vessel that sank near Juneau in 1952.

For more information about the 35th Annual Salute to the Military, contact Anita Porter at 907-552-9622.

For more information about the Coast Guard members being recognized, contact Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst at 907-321-1866.

 

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