13 January 2021 Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak Conducts Patrol to Increase Maritime Presence in Pacific HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted a port call in Honolulu after completing the first stage of their expeditionary patrol in the Pacific to curtail illegal fishing and strengthen maritime law enforcement self-sufficiency with Kiribati partners.The crew of...
13 January 2021 Officials Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries and Prioritization Criteria WASHINGTON -- There's been significant progress in getting the COVID-19 vaccines out to the states, said Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna, the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed.Thus far, 25 million doses of the Moderna and the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech vaccines have been sent to 16,000 locations...
13 January 2021 United States Donates Mobile Testing Unit to Fight COVID-19 in Moneragala U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The United States donated a mobile testing unit to the Regional Health Services in Moneragala, received by Dr. B.M.C. Dasanayaka, as part of the effort to fight COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and protect lives through early detection.The mobile unit will administer PCR tests and...
12 January 2021 Guam Hosts Partner Nations in Exercise SEA DRAGON 2021 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- Two P-8 Poseidon aircraft from Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-5), the “Mad Foxes,” joined several partner nations to kick off multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise Sea Dragon 2021, Jan. 12.The Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) with VP-5, traveled to...
12 January 2021 USS William P. Lawrence Returns from U.S. 4th Fleet Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Jan. 11, following a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations.William P. Lawrence, along with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 Detachment...