Story by Lt. Lauren Spaziano | Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 | 09.21.2018
Sailors assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron (COMSUBRON) 15 and Performance Monitoring Team detachment (PMT det) Guam volunteered time to assist with typhoon recovery in the command’s sister village of Inarajan, Sept. 17-19....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 09.21.2018
Communications are vital to survival. Never more so than when you call for help on VHF Channel 16 the international hailing and distress frequency. Recently, the region was affected by Typhoon Mangkhut. The storm impacted the islands as a Category 2 typhoon Sept. 10, before strengthening to a Category 5 typhoon striking both the Philippines and later China. Guam and Rota were spared a......
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 09.12.2018
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port reopened commercial ports in Honolulu and Maui Counties to vessel traffic at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday....
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Russell Wolfkiel | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 09.11.2018
The Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), assisted the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and local civilian authorities with initial assessment operations in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) following Typhoon Mangkhut Sept 11....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Stoltz | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 09.10.2018
SANTA RITA, Guam — Coast Guard personnel are underway assessing the waterways and port conditions after Typhoon Mangkhut impacted Guam and the Mariana Islands late Monday night....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Stoltz | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 09.10.2018
SANTA RITA, Guam — The hazardous conditions associated with Typhoon Mangkhut are no longer a threat to the Ports of Guam and Saipan. Therefore, the Captain of the Port has set Port Heavy Weather Condition (PHWC) Whiskey in both locations as of 4 p.m. Tuesday....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Stoltz | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 09.09.2018
SANTA RITA, Guam — In preparation for the arrival of Tropical Storm Mangkhut (26W), the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Guam has established Port Heavy Weather Condition (PHWC) ZULU for the ports of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), effective at 12 a.m. Monday. At port weather condition Zulu, The DANGER condition in which winds above 39 mph......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 09.06.2018
SANTA RITA, Guam — In preparation for the arrival of Tropical Strom 26W (Mangkhut), the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Guam plans to establish Port Heavy Weather Condition X-RAY for the ports of Guam, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian at 10 a.m. Sunday....
