Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 04.09.2024
SANTA RITA, Guam — Three mariners are safe on April 9, 2024, thanks to the coordination of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and the U.S. Navy, after being stranded on Pikelot Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), for more than a week....
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 04.01.2024
SANTA RITA, Guam — In 2023, in a relentless pursuit of excellence in maritime safety, the Joint Rescue Sub-Center Guam (JRSC) team once again showcased its commitment to complex and agile search and rescue (SAR) operations across the vast Western Pacific. This commitment is epitomized through their recent collaborative exercises with international SAR entities, marking a significant......
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 03.02.2024
SANTA RITA, Guam — In a display of interagency cooperation, a commercial mariner in urgent need of medical care was safely evacuated from his vessel 100 nautical miles offshore to Guam on March 2, 2024, thanks to the actions of the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25). "Our collective efforts today, closely following another recent rescue,......
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 01.15.2024
SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam continues to address the ongoing temporary U.S. Coast Guard outage of VHF-FM radio communications, which is integral for maritime safety, on Jan. 15, 2024. "Our dedicated team of technicians is actively working to restore our full functionality as swiftly as possible," said Lt. Kira Adams, command center chief at the Forces......
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 12.12.2023
POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam personnel completed a pivotal Search and Rescue (SAR) Exercise with partners from the FSM Maritime Wing, Fire and Rescue services, and Pohnpei Department of Public Safety from Dec. 4 to 7, 2023, in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). This exercise marks a continuation of efforts to bolster......
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 10.28.2023
SANTA RITA, Guam — In a display of teamwork, a successful search and rescue operation unfolded Oct. 28, as the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy searched for and rescued three missing divers near Santa Rosa Banks, approximately 25 nautical miles off the coast of Agat, Guam....