LAUTOKA, Fiji—Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton moored Thursday in Lautoka, marking the cutter’s first international port call of their Western Pacific patrol. Stratton, a 418-foot national security cutter, departed its homeport of Alameda, California, last...

HONOLULU—The U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy Koror and with the support of the U.S. Department of the Interior, provided aids-to-navigation infrastructure improvements in the waters of Koror, Palau in early May in support of maritime safety and security...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa—American Samoa celebrated last Wednesday the day it officially became a U.S. territory, the 119th Flag Day. Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander, Coast Guard 14th District, command Master Chief Lori Fields, and Capt. Mike Long, commander Coast Guard Sector...

HONOLULU—Two U.S. Coast Guard cutters crews and a long range HC-130 patrol aircraft crew recently completed combined operations with shipriders from the Federated States of Micronesia as part of the Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation Rai Balang 2019 to combat illegal fishing...