Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 06.23.2024
SANTA RITA, Guam — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, demonstrating preparedness and efficiency, successfully conducted a search and rescue operation for a distressed vessel 13 nautical miles north of Guam on June 23, 2024, saving 13 boaters. This successful rescue operation, a testament to the power of collaboration, underscores the critical importance of our partnerships......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 07.31.2023
NEW YORK—An Army Guardsman and two Naval Militia members moved quickly to save a life, when a 23-year-old woman seeking asylum in the U.S. slashed her wrist in a suicide attempt on the morning of July 22 at the Holiday Inn Queens. Army Guard Staff Sgt. Adam Perez, and Naval Militia Marines Sgt. Luis Giralde and Lance Cpl. Patricio Rubilar, were on duty that Saturday morning when the young......
Story by Staff Sgt. Tegan Kucera | Michigan National Guard | 09.01.2020
HOLLAND, Mich. -- Protecting all Michigan residents is a tall order, to include those who are the seasonal workers helping out with food production for a few months in the summer and fall....
Story by Sgt. Kyle Larsen | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.07.2018
"Growing up, I wanted to be a lawyer or to serve my country,” said Cpt. Raymond Akeriwe, 62nd Engineer Battalion. “It wasn't until I served at a Catholic Monastery, where I discovered my desire to join the priesthood. "As a boy growing up in West Africa, I aspired to live in the United States," he said. "I wanted the nice house and the big car like I saw on T.V." Akeriwe, a Ghanaian......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 10.09.2018
“I remember the Guerillas coming to my home, pointing a gun at my mother demanding our chickens,” said Lt. Marvin Peña, recounting his few memories growing up in El Salvador. “It was guerilla warfare — no place for a child.”...
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley Johnson | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay | 12.17.2015
The crew could not have been separated from the dock for more than an hour. The thick salt air had barely filled their lungs. Cell phone towers in Key West, Florida were still visible with a squint of an eye. A voice rang out on the back deck, “Two seven zero. Three hundred yards! I think it’s a chug!"...
Story by Keith Hayes | Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow | 10.22.2015
Members of the U.S. military who have married undocumented immigrants can apply for a permanent resident card to keep their spouses in the country legally under the “parole in place” program....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Williams | U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston | 01.25.2015
The Coast Guard interdicted a Mexican fishing crew attempting to poach red snapper in South Texas Saturday night.
