{"id":302476,"date":"2019-07-01T06:06:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T20:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=302476"},"modified":"2019-07-01T06:06:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T20:06:41","slug":"uscg-cutter-visits-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uscg-cutter-visits-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"USCG cutter visits\u00a0Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_302477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302477\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/USCG-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/USCG-pix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-302477\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-302477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton takes on fuel and supplies in Honolulu prior to departing on the cutter\u2019s Western Pacific patrol last June 18, 2019. (U.S. COAST GUARD\/PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS JASMINE MIESZALA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LAUTOKA, Fiji\u2014Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton moored Thursday in Lautoka, marking the cutter\u2019s first international port call of their Western Pacific patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Stratton, a 418-foot national security cutter,\u00a0departed its homeport\u00a0of Alameda, California, last June 5 for a monthslong deployment to the Western Pacific. Operating under the tactical control of commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, the cutter and crew are engaging in professional exchanges and capacity building exercises with partner nations and patrolling and conducting operations as directed.<\/p>\n<p>While underway, Stratton\u2019s crew exercised the recently signed\u00a0Fiji-U.S. bilateral shiprider agreement, which allows enforcement authorities from the two nations to jointly counter illicit activity at sea. Together, Stratton\u2019s crew and an embarked Fijian fisheries officer, Josaia Maiwai, patrolled the United States and Fijian exclusive economic zones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is firmly committed to building on our countries\u2019 shared interest in governance and security in the maritime commons,\u201d said Capt. Bob Little, commanding officer of the Stratton. \u201cFiji has proven to be a strong partner in our efforts to counter transnational criminal activity in the Pacific such as illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. We are making great strides in our ability to jointly protect our sovereign resources from those who do not recognize international laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While in port, the crew will have opportunities to explore Fiji and interact with local citizens through cultural and professional exchanges, community relations projects and island tours. (USCG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAUTOKA, Fiji\u2014Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton moored Thursday in Lautoka, marking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":302477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[164,719],"class_list":["post-302476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pacific","tag-fiji","tag-uscg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}