D17 and Russian NBD sign cooperative agreement

JUNEAU, Alaska - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, District 17 commander, and Russian Lt. Gen. Rafael Daerbaev, chief of the Northeast Border Guard of the Coast Guard of the Russian Federal Security Service, finalize a signed cooperative agreement of understanding at the Juneau Federal Building April 4, 2012. Working level meetings have been conducted since 1995 between the two nations alternating between Alaska and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen.