SANTA RITA, Guam -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) Completes crew completed a local patrol off Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from Nov. 28 to Dec. 7, 2022, including the first-ever 154-foot Fast Response Cutter port visit to Tinian."Being able...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea. -- “It’s a beautiful morning in Korea to pump some gas,” shouts Staff Sgt. Zachary Smith as he smiles and looks at his breath in the 19-degree weather on the flight line.A call over the radio confirms A-10 aircraft are in-bound as Smith and other fuels Airmen race...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- As part of Operation Rematau, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) conducted community engagements in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, from Nov. 20 to 24, 2022."We appreciate the support of the U.S. Embassy team and the Australian...

POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) -- The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) medically evacuated a 31-year-old Vietnamese fisherman to a higher level of medical care in Pohnpei on Nov. 20.The Frederick Hatch boarding team learned of the fisherman's injuries while conducting a...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry crew returned to homeport in Honolulu Tuesday following a 38-day expeditionary patrol enforcing international living marine resources treaties and conducting joint operations with partner nations across the South Pacific. During the 7,000...

U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- Today in Phnom Penh, Cambodia at the East Asia Summit, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK), and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States reaffirmed our trilateral partnership...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew kicked off Operation Rematau conducting a two-week, nearly 2,000 nautical mile deployment to the high seas and the Federated States of Micronesia countering illegal fishing and strengthening partnerships from Oct. 24 to Nov. 6."Operation...

U.S. Embassy in Samoa -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry conducted visits to Apia Port in October and November as part of a security partnership operation with Samoa to conduct patrols in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Oliver Berry’s visit supports Samoa’s efforts to protect...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (CGC ) Oliver Berry, a 154-foot fast response cutter homeported in Honolulu, completed the first leg of their extended expeditionary patrol arriving in Kiritimati Island, located in the Republic of Kiribati, on October 20th, 2022.Prior to receiving fuel,...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, aboard a KC-46A Pegasus visited Kadena Air Base to enhance Agile Combat Employment (ACE) capabilities from Oct. 11-15, 2022.Members from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing teamed up with the 18th Wing ACE office as well as members...