Personnel stationed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR attend the memorial service held in honor of Petty Officer 2nd Class Ricky Reese, Jr., in Kodiak, Alaska, on Sept. 24, 2019.
The SPAR, a seagoing buoy tender vessel homeported in Kodiak, maintains aids to navigation in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and has acquired the nickname ‘Aleutian Keeper.’
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ali Blackburn.