Recently, Vice Admiral Tiongson, Commander, Pacific Area, visited the new homeport for a future ice breaker in Juneau, Alaska. The Coast Guard is acquiring the Aiviq, a U.S. registered ship originally built to serve as an Arctic oil-exploration support vessel, which has an icebreaking capability sufficient to serve as a Coast Guard medium polar icebreaker, following modification. “The United States is an Arctic nation, and the Coast Guard is vital to providing presence in our sovereign waters an