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Imagery Release

Date: Jan. 29, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer Walter Shinn
Phone: 907-321-4513

Coast Guard survival awareness training

 JUNEAU, Alaska -- Dug Jensen, an instructor for the Educational Training Company out of Sitka, Alaska, showcases the proper use of a flare in a demonstration during a portion of the overnight survival exercise. Twenty-four Coast Guard members participated in the five-day training course which gave them perspective on both being rescued and rescuing survivors in Alaska's harsh terrain. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/PA3 Walter Shinn) 090129-G-5176S-81-Survival Training  JUNEAU, Alaska -- Coast Guard members listen to Jim Michener, an instructor for the Educational Training Company out of Sitka, Alaska, while he gives information for basic survival techniques. Twenty-four Coast Guard members participated in the five-day training course which gave them perspective on both being rescued and rescuing survivors in Alaska's harsh terrain. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/PA3 Walter Shinn) 090129-G-5176S-84-Survival Training  JUNEAU, Alaska -- Jim Michener, an instructor for the Educational Training Company out of Sitka, Alaska, instructs Coast Guardsmen on how to properly eat a sea urchin for an emergency survival situation. Twenty-four Coast Guard members participated in the five-day training course which gave them perspective on both being rescued and rescuing survivors in Alaska's harsh terrain. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/PA3 Walter Shinn) 090129-G-5176S-85-Survival Training  JUNEAU, Alaska -- Lt. j.g. Sarah Morin followed by Petty Officer 3rd Class Micheal Hernon swim through the ice covered surface in the harbor of Auke Bay, Alaska, as they reach the midway point of the survival swim exercise Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The training exercise is part of a five-day course which culminates with an overnight survival exercise in a remote area on Douglas Island, Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/PA3 Walter Shinn) 090126-G-5176S-80-Survival-training  JUNEAU, Alaska -- Seaman Jerry Lisauckis, Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert L. Boyer, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Craig, Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Church, Fireman Christina Deporto and Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Canepa reach the midway point in the harbor of Auke Bay, Alaska, Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The training exercise is part of a five-day course which culminates with an overnight survival exercise in a remote area on Douglas Island, Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/ PA3 Walter Shinn) 090126-G-5176S-76-Survival-training

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Fireman Tyrel Ledbetter, Petty Officer 3rd Class Mike Hernon, Petty Officer 3rd Class Parnell, Petty Officer 3rd Class Pat Wade and Lt. j.g. Sarah Morin swim as a team as they approach the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty in the harbor of Auke Bay, Alaska, Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The training exercise is part of a five-day course which culminates with an overnight survival exercise in a remote area on Douglas Island, Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/ PA3 Walter Shinn) 090126-G-5176S-78-Survival-training  JUNEAU, Alaska -- Coast Guardsmen participating in a five-day survival training course swim from the pier of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty to the boat ramp and back in the harbor of Auke Bay, Alaska, Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Seaman Apprentice Scott Lerum leads his team as they approach the boat ramp pier. The training exercise is part of a five-day training course. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/PA3 Walter Shinn)090126-G-5176S-75-Survival training  JUNEAU, Alaska -- Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Mosteller assists Fireman Apprentice Randal Park while exiting from a life raft during a survival training exercise in the harbor of Auke Bay, Alaska, Tuesday, January 27, 2009. The training exercise is part of a five-day course which culminates with an overnight survival exercise in a remote area on Douglas Island, Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/PA3 Walter Shinn) 090126-G-5176S-79-Survival-training

Editors Note: Coast Guard photo handouts taken by Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn

JUNEAU, Alaska --  Twenty-four Coast Guard members participated in a five-day training course which gave them perspective on both being rescued and rescuing survivors in Alaska's harsh terrain.    The five-day training course began with classroom instruction and culminated into an overnight survival exercise using only minimal supplies to survive on Douglas Island, Alaska. 

The training was instruction by the Education Training Company from Sitka, Alaska.  The Coast Guard members learned how to better survive in cold water and mountainous Alaska terrain.  The students learned they could eat sea urchins and the devil's club plant that grow readily in Alaska.

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