{"id":391693,"date":"2023-05-16T06:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=391693"},"modified":"2023-05-16T06:06:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:06:21","slug":"uss-milius-conducts-port-visit-on-saipan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uss-milius-conducts-port-visit-on-saipan\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Milius conducts port visit on Saipan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_391694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391694\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/USS-Milius-pix2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-391694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/USS-Milius-pix2-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Arnold I. Palacios, left, meets with Cmdr. Leif Gunderson, center, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS\u00a0Milius\u00a0(DDG 69), and Command Master Chief Troy Bojorquiz during a scheduled port visit, May 11, 2023.\u00a0(U.S. NAVY\/MCS1 GREG JOHNSON)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SAIPAN\u2014The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) departed Saipan on May 12after a scheduled port visit.<\/p>\n<p>The port visit provided an opportunity for Milius to enjoy the culture and represent the U.S. Navy\u2019s commitment to security presence in the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVisits like this prove the effectiveness of our surface force, to defend the homeland and meeting the challenges we face across the region with continued presence,\u201d said Capt. Walt Mainor, Commander, Task Force 71\/Commodore, Destroyer Squadron 15. \u201cOur sailors are focused on making a difference in our ability to support a free and open Indo-Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the port visit, Milius sailors had an opportunity to experience the hospitality, rich history and all that Saipan has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeam Milius has been highly focused on operations in the Western Pacific over the past several months and this port visit was extremely rewarding for the crew,\u201d said Cmdr. Leif Gunderson, Milius\u2019 commanding officer. \u201cThe rich culture and history was greatly welcomed by the sailors. We look forward to future visits to the beautiful island of Saipan!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNMI Gov. Arnold I. Palacios said it is was an honor to host the ship.\u201cWe are very happy to welcome them because they\u2019ve been out there protecting us,\u201d said Palacios. \u201cHopefully this is a nice port call and a nice break for the crew, and we would like to welcome them back again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy\u2019s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAIPAN\u2014The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) departed Saipan on May 12after a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":391694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-391693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391693","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}