Courtesy Story | Guam National Guard | 02.05.2025
Master Sgt. Misty Palomo of the Guam Air National Guard’s 254th Security Forces Squadron, attended a Subject Matter Expert Exchange under the Guard’s State Partnership Program with Palau in January. A Deportation Officer U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in her civilian job, and raised by her Palauan grandparents on Guam, Palomo was the perfect person for the job....
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 01.21.2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — Leaders from Guam's search and rescue (SAR) community came together on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Port of Guam training room to collaborate on life-saving efforts across the island and surrounding waters. Representatives from U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Guam Fire Department, Guam Police Department, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron-25, Joint Region Marianas......
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 01.15.2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam personnel, supported by Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) San Francisco, completed a 22-day deployment across Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to bolster regional maritime safety and security from Nov. 27 to Dec. 18, 2024. The deployable team, including engineering support personnel......
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 12.30.2024
Editors note: This story has been updated to clarify the role of the good Samaritan fisherman and the timing of events. U.S. Coast Guard watchstanders conducted updated drift calculations, discussed with the Palau responders, but prior to updated search patterns being sent, the divers were located. SANTA RITA, Guam — Eight divers reported missing on Dec. 26, 2024, near Peleliu Corner, a......
Story by Grady Fontana | Military Sealift Command Far East | 12.12.2024
Military Sealift Command (MSC) met with the public during a job fair in the Top o’ the Mar reception center at the Nimitz Hill Annex, in Asan, Guam, Dec. 10-11....
Story by Mark Scott | Guam National Guard | 12.12.2024
Over 2,000 Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservists, active duty leaders, and members of the Guam and Hawaii National Guard State Partnership Programs celebrated the inaugural General Assembly of the Association of Reservists and Reservist Administrators of the Philippines Inc. (ARRAPI). Modeled after the National Guard Association of the United States, the newly formed organization......
Story by Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete | 36th Wing | 12.10.2024
The United States Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia, Pacific Brass Quintet visited schools in Guam during the 73rd Operation Christmas Drop exercise on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2024....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Wolpert | Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 | 12.05.2024
NAVAL BASE GUAM (Dec. 5, 2024) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) conducted a change of command ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 5, aboard Naval Base Guam. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Isaac Pelt turned over command of Minnesota to Cmdr. Jeffrey Cornielle....
