Coast Guard holds “Buoy Tender Olympics” in Juneau

Coast Guard crews compete in a Buoy Tender Olympics game called the “heat and beat” on Aug. 19, 2026. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
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Around 250 U.S. Coast Guard crew members stationed across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest spent last week in Juneau to train and compete in games called the Buoy Tender Olympics on Wednesday. 
On the cutter Fir, anchored at the Coast Guard dock downtown, t