Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class James Marco, aviation maintenance technician loadmaster, wraps up a communication cord prior to launching a Coast Guard HC-130H Hercules June 28, 2012, from the Barrow, Alaska flight line. Coast Guardsmen from Air Station Kodiak are flying daily missions to Barrow in preparation for a Coast Guard deployment Arctic Shield. Arctic Shield is a forward deployed temporary air station operating from Barrow in the Arctic Ocean during the summer to increase search and rescue response times in the region. ( Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth

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