Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak welcomes cutter SPAR

KODIAK, Alaska - Capt. Bill Deal, commanding officer Air Station Kodiak (left), Ivar Malutin, chairman of the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak, Lt. Cmdr. Michele Schallip, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, and Lt. Cmdr. Paul Salerno, incoming commanding officer of the Coast Guard Communications Station Kodiak, observe the Alutiiq dancers of the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak perform during a dinner to honor the Coast Guard and the tribe's relationship in Kodiak June 24, 2012. The Coast Guard was recognized for their part in assisting the tribe with the 2011 commemoration of the sinking of the Phyllis S in which two members of the tribe were lost near Kodiak in 1942. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.