{"id":393944,"date":"2023-06-16T06:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=393944"},"modified":"2023-06-16T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:06:33","slug":"guam-guardsman-from-saipan-helps-with-mawar-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/guam-guardsman-from-saipan-helps-with-mawar-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Guam Guardsman from Saipan helps with Mawar recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guam National\u00a0Guard\u00a0recruit Jay Rideb, of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. on Saipan, works with the Guam Power Authority to restore services in the wake of Typhoon Mawar, Guam, last June 15, 2023. (GUAM NATIONAL\u00a0GUARD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

YIGO, Guam\u2014When Pvt. Jay Rideb of Saipan enlisted in the Guam Army National Guard in April as a 12R Interior Electrician, he wanted to add some purpose and direction to his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought to myself, \u2018Where is this going? What am I doing to advance myself?\u2019\u201d said Rideb.<\/p>\n

Just one month later, after Typhoon Mawar lashed Guam with 140mph winds that cut the island\u2019s power, Rideb found that purpose and direction. He was chosen by his supervisors at the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. to assist the Guam Power Authority with restoring power to the people of his neighboring island.<\/p>\n

Typhoon Mawar struck Guam as a Category 4 storm on May 24, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain, and high seas, marking the strongest storm to affect the island since Typhoon Pongsona in 2002.<\/p>\n

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Guam National Guard recruit Jay Rideb, center, with this Commonwealth Utilities Corp. coworkers from neighboring Saipan, works with the Guam Power Authority to restore services in the wake of Typhoon Mawar, Guam, June 15, 2023. (MARK SCOTT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Due to the tireless efforts of Guam Power Authority linemen, their helpers like Rideb from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and other first responders working around the clock, the island\u2019s power grid was over half restored in about two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they told me I was chosen to come here, I felt proud,\u201d said Rideb. \u201cI\u2019m going to come here and help our people in Guam, because we\u2019re all neighbors, brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rideb acknowledged Guam\u2019s assistance to the CNMI in 2018, when Super Typhoon Yutu devastated Saipan, Tinian, and parts of Rota.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took it upon myself that I\u2019m going to come out here, because they did the same to us. They came up there to help us, and if you\u2019re in need, we\u2019re always there,\u201d said Rideb. \u201cIt\u2019s a different job itself (compared to his National Guard job), but the purpose is similar. You\u2019re going to give back, you\u2019re going to help, and you\u2019re going to make people\u2019s life change.\u201d (Guam National Guard Public Affairs)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Guam National Guard recruit Jay Rideb, center, with his Commonwealth Utilities Corp. coworkers from neighboring Saipan, works with the Guam Power Authority to restore services in the wake of Typhoon Mawar, Guam, June 15, 2023. (MARK SCOTT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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