Busloads of service members receive an early morning police escort into Seward, Alaska, May 26 to take part in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament. The tournament, hosted by the city and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (Army photo/John Pennell)
Alaska Armed Services YMCA director Buddy Whitt welcomes service members to Seward, Alaska, May 26 to take part in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament. The tournament, hosted by the city and the ASYMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
A variety of volunteer fishing charter boats head out into Resurrection Bay from Seward, Alaska, May 26 with service members taking part in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament. The tournament, hosted by the city and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Service members wet their lines in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament May 26 aboard the Seward Military Resort boat Snowbird. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Volunteer deck hand Kyle Collins prepares a yellow-eyed rockfish for the fish box as military anglers wet their lines in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament May 26 aboard the Seward Military Resort boat, Snowbird. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Volunteer deck hand Kyle Collins talks a military angler through landing a spiny dogfish in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament May 26 aboard the Seward Military Resort boat, Snowbird. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Volunteer deck hand Kyle Collins lands a small halibut for Air Force Staff Sgt. Parker Dalla in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament May 26 aboard the Seward Military Resort boat, Snowbird. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Snowbird Captain Peter Waterman holds tight to the harpoon rope connected to Air Force Staff Sgt. Devin Leabo’s 98-pound halibut in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament May 26. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Air Force Staff Sgt. Devin Leabo takes a breather after fighting a 98-pound halibut to the surface in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament May 26. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Snowbird captains Peter Waterman and Skip Massey and deck hand Kyle Collins prepare to bring aboard Air Force Staff Sgt. Devin Leabo’s 98-pound halibut in the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament May 26. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
This 98-pound halibut was only the fourth-largest fish caught during the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament in Seward, Alaska, May 26. Three other fish topped the 100-pound mark. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Alaska Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Spectators crowd around the official weigh-in point for the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament in Seward, Alaska, May 26. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Volunteers hang one boat’s catch of halibut for photographs as part of the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament in Seward, Alaska, May 26. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)
Volunteer deck hand Kyle Collins goes to work filleting a large halibut caught during the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament in Seward, Alaska, May 26. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service. (U.S. Army photo by John Pennell)