My second tour was in the late 80's. At that time we had to travel to Coast Guard units all over Alaska to repair and maintain the old Teletype system. I went to Seward, Cordova, Attu, and a scattering of other places once or twice a year. I even had overnight stops at Sitka a couple times. And, of course, I've passed through Anchorage several times. Unfortunately, almost all my pictures, mostly film, have been lost from that time.
I spent a tour on the US Coast Cutter Polar Sea, at the time one of the two largest ice breakers in the U.S.. I visited Nome, briefly, several times a a part of polar science missions on the the Polar Sea, and later the Healy.
On other temporary assignments and travels I've been to Juno, Sitka, Homer, Dutch Harbor, and even spend a night at Tok when I drove up the ALCAN to get to my final tour. And probably a handful of places that aren't popping to mind right now.
Over all I probably spent over a third of my career in or visiting Alaska.
But my first taste of Alaska is when I got a summer job at Bethel. I don't think I'd have gone back on purpose after that one..
