3 nations collaborate in successful rescue operation in CNMI
French Air and Space Force A400M pilots conduct a search and rescue mission over the Pacific Ocean, July 10, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Cossaboom)
SANTA RITA, Guam — French, Canadian, and U.S. Forces, with local responders, successfully conducted a search and rescue operation to save the operator and passengers of a distressed vessel off the coast of Rota, Commonwealth of the...
Coast Guard prepares for arrival of Typhoon Mawar to Guam
U.S. Coast Guard Station Apra Harbor 45-foot Response Boat Mediums are hauled out and attached to heavy weather tie-downs on May 21, 2023, in advance of the arrival of Typhoon Mawar. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)
SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, federal, territorial, and port partners continue Monday, May 22, 2023, to prepare for Typhoon...
Coast Guard searching for spearfisher near Blue Hole, Guam
At sea conditions as seen from the USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) off Guam’s west side on the afternoon of March 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Jalle Merritt)
SANTA RITA, Guam — Responders are searching for a missing 31-year-old male spearfisher off Blue Hole on the west side of Guam on March 17, 2023.
The spearfisher was last seen wearing a red wetsuit and red fins. Responders did...
Coast Guard rescues 2, continues search for third mariner
The crew of the USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139), aboard the cutter’s small boat, rescue two mariners from the water about halfway between Guam and Rota midday on Feb. 9, 2023.(U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two mariners, and responders are searching for the third missing mariner between Guam and Rota on Feb. 9.
The Coast Guard Cutter Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139)...
U.S., Federated States of Micronesia sign expanded shiprider agreement
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam Commander Capt. Nicholas R. Simmons and the Honorable Joses R. Gallen, Secretary of Justice, Federated States of Micronesia, signed an expanded shiprider agreement allowing remote coordination of authorities, the first of its kind aboard the USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) in Guam, on Oct. 13, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara...
Coast Guard Forces Micronesia cutter receives first unit award
The USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) stand for a photo with Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia, and the ship’s first unit award in Guam on Sept. 30, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)
SANTA RITA, Guam — The Coast Guard Cutter Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew received the ship’s first unit award on Sept. 30, highlighting the...
Responders conclude successful search and rescue exercise in Saipan
The U.S. Coast Guard and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands partners conclude a successful two-day search and rescue exercise (SAREX) in Saipan, Aug. 24, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Ed Oingerang)
SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands partners concluded a successful two-day search and rescue exercise (SAREX) in Saipan, Aug....