Story by Sgt. 1st Class Wynnfred Hoke | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 01.09.2019
For one Seabee, being here on Tinian in support of the recovery efforts has a special, personal significance.
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Wynnfred Hoke | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 01.06.2019
The Department of Defense has deployed active-duty service members from the Army, Air Force, and Navy under the Command and Control of Joint Task Force West. Joint Task Group Engineer will lead day-to-day operations to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands’ Super Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts....
Story by Capt. Jeku Arce | U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command | 12.15.2018
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland – Shortly after Super Typhoon Yutu struck the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Maj. Michael Madsen was called upon to provide legal advice to the federally-coordinated relief effort....
Story by Staff Sgt. James Kennedy Benjamin | 9th Mission Support Command | 12.11.2018
A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier conducting Defense Support to Civil Authorities operations in support of Super Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, connects with a distant relative for the first time....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelsey Eades | Commander Task Force 75 | 12.05.2018
NMCB-1 Sailors Continue Recovery Efforts in Tinian
Story by Staff Sgt. James Kennedy Benjamin | 9th Mission Support Command | 12.03.2018
Service members with Joint Task Group-Saipan, Task Force-West, welcome back students with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System, Dec. 3, 2018, after more than a month without classes due to recovery efforts caused by Super Typhoon Yutu in late October this year....
Story by Staff Sgt. James Kennedy Benjamin | 9th Mission Support Command | 11.29.2018
Joint Task Group-Saipan service members begin redeploying home after supporting Super Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts in the islands of Saipan and Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 29, 2018. Yutu was a Category 5 storm and was the strongest storm to hit U.S. soil since the 1930s. After Super Typhoon Yutu hit the islands of Saipan and Tinian Oct. 24, several federal......
Story by Staff Sgt. James Kennedy Benjamin | 9th Mission Support Command | 11.19.2018
Joint Task Group-Saipan, Task Force-West, and Red Cross continue to provide direct distribution of emergency relief supplies to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island residents who were impacted by Super Typhoon Yutu more than three weeks ago....