Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members remove a strap that was securing an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to the cutter’s flight deck during helicopter operations in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska, July 28, 2017. The Coast Guard’s leadership role in providing a continued Arctic presence is essential to national security, maritime domain awareness, freedom of navigation, sovereign interests and scientific research. Coast Guard

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