Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Michelle Tucker | Joint Task Force - Micronesia | 08.02.2025
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Aug. 2, 2025) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Josh Lasky, commander, Joint Task Force - Micronesia, presents a U.S. flag to Wella Palacios, wife of the late Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Arnold I. Palacios, during Palacios' state funeral service at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe, Saipan, Aug. 2. Palacios served as the 10th governor of CNMI and......
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Michelle Tucker | Joint Task Force - Micronesia | 08.02.2025
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Aug. 2, 2025) Ed Camacho, special assistant to the governor, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Bureau of Military Affairs, salutes after passing a U.S. flag to U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Josh Lasky, commander, Joint Task Force - Micronesia, during the state funeral service for the late CNMI Gov. Arnold I. Palacios at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe,......
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Michelle Tucker | Joint Task Force - Micronesia | 08.02.2025
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Aug. 2, 2025) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Josh Lasky, commander, Joint Task Force - Micronesia, salutes as he prepares to recieve a U.S. flag from Ed Camacho, special assistant to the governor, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Bureau of Military Affairs, during the state funeral service for the late CNMI Gov. Arnold I. Palacios at the Multi-Purpose Center......
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Michelle Tucker | Joint Task Force - Micronesia | 08.02.2025
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Aug. 2, 2025) Family, friends, and colleagues of the late Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Arnold I. Palacios render honors during the national anthem during his state funeral service at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe, Saipan, Aug. 2. Palacios served as the 10th governor of CNMI and passed away July 23. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr.......
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Michelle Tucker | Joint Task Force - Micronesia | 08.02.2025
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Aug. 2, 2025) Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. David M. Apatang, center, renders honors as the national anthem plays during the state funeral service for the late CNMI Gov. Arnold I. Palacios at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe, Saipan, Aug. 2. Palacios served as the 10th governor of CNMI and passed away July 23. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt.......
Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Michelle Tucker | Joint Task Force - Micronesia | 08.02.2025
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Aug. 2, 2025) A law enforcement honor guard presents the colors during the state funeral service for the late Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Arnold I. Palacios at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe, Saipan, Aug. 2. Palacios served as the 10th governor of CNMI and passed away July 23. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Michelle Tucker)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryder Nollan | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 07.30.2025
USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew validates ATON in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on July 30, 2025, while on patrol. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0, later upgraded to 8.8. The quake struck 133 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, at a depth of 74.0 km, at 9:24 a.m. ChST, which in turn generated a tsunami.......
Photo by Lt. Emma Saunders | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 07.30.2025
After sortieing to dodge potential tsunami waves from the 8.7 quake off Russia, the USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew delivers spaghetti, meatballs and veggies to three Station Apra Harbor 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crews underway with them off Guam on July 30, 2025. The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port set Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ports to Heavy......
