The U.S. Coast Guard has commissioned its newest fast response cutter, one of two bound for Guam this year as the service expands its capabilities near the westernmost U.S. territory.
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a missing cargo vessel and five crew members lost at sea in the Northern Mariana Islands during Super Typhoon Sinlaku in mid-April.
Nearly two weeks after a powerful typhoon plowed into the Northern Marianas, the U.S. military continues moving supplies, generators, fuel and water onto the islands, which are still in recovery mode.
Typhoon Sinlaku pushed past Guam headed for the Northern Mariana Islands packing sustained winds of 125 mph, according to a series of alerts from Guam’s Joint Information Center.
The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search for a 22-year-old man swept beyond the reef line while swimming at Tanguisson Beach on Guam after a three-day, multi-agency effort.
A U.S. Navy helicopter crew airlifted a 60-year-old man showing signs of a heart attack from a commercial vessel and flew him about 125 miles to a hospital on Guam, according to the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard’s fleet of Guam-based buoy tenders is at its full complement for the first time in nearly a decade with the arrival of the cutter Hickory.
A new type of Air Force expeditionary unit designed to deploy in a crisis is wrapping up its first Indo-Pacific mission, testing how the service might fight and survive across vast distances under threat from advanced missiles.
The Defense Department is widening child care options for military families and civilian employees on Guam as the island braces for a major increase in U.S. troop levels over the next decade.
The Guam Additive Manufacturing and Materials Accelerator aims to to slash the wait for ship and infrastructure parts on Guam by producing them locally.
