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• Kauai-based U.S.Coast Guard crew rescues ill San Francisco woman, March 24, 2009
  
• FEATURE RELEASE: Regional cooperation in the Pacific: U.S. Coast Guard hosts Australia, France, New Zealand for maritime security talks
  
• U.S. Coast Guard, Kauai rescue crews searching for missing surfer, March 13, 2009
  
• U.S. Coast Guard cutter returns from innovative South Pacific law enforcement patrol, March 10, 2009
  
• U.S. Coast Guard cutter rescues three adrift for more than 20 hours off Guam, March 6, 2009
  
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  U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu selects California native as enlisted person of the year, Mar. 3, 2009 (1.20 MB)
  
  U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu selects Cypress, Calif. native as enlisted person of the year, Mar. 3, 2009 HONOLULU -- A U.S. Coast Guard member assigned to Sector Honolulu was named 2008's Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Enlisted Person of the Year (EPOY), Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2009. Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Reyes, of Cypress, Calif., an operations specialist stationed in Sector Honolulu's 24-hour command center, was selected the EPOY by the chief petty officers stationed at Sector Honolulu and sub-units. "It is an unbelievable feeling to be recognized in this way," said Reyes. There are 330 Coast Guard active duty, reservists, civilian and Auxiliary members stationed at Sector Honolulu and its sub-units. The largest unit in the Fourteenth Coast Guard District, Sector Honolulu is a multi-mission unit that is tasked with search and rescue, homeland security, maritime safety and enforcement, environmental protection and waterways management. While assigned as a search and rescue controller in the Sector Command Center, Reyes has orchestrated the response to 40 search and rescue cases and has been credited with saving two lives, assisting 45 persons in distress and saving more than $3 million in property. He is recognized for his calm composure and proper decision-making in high stress rescue situations. "Petty Officer Reyes always brings a great attitude to work and performs at the highest level; his accomplishments in the Coast Guard are even more impressive when you take into account his personal accomplishments," said Lt. Bernard Auth, Sector Honolulu command center chief. Reyes serves the island community by other means than just being in the Coast Guard. Reyes demonstrated the Coast Guard's core values of honor, respect, and devotion to duty outside of his normal scope of responsibility when he witnessed a pregnant pedestrian struck by a car in a crosswalk on Kamehameha Highway in Pearl City. Without concern for his own safety, he instructed the driver of the vehicle he was a passenger in to call 911 and then jumped out and ran to assist the injured woman. Reyes used the emergency medical technician training that he had received in the Coast Guard to render first aid while he asked her questions to keep her focused and calm until help arrived. "He seeks no recognition, yet eagerly accepts responsibility. He achieves in his personal and professional life, yet is always willing to lend a shipmate a hand," said Auth. Reyes contributions to the Coast Guard also involve his commitment to physical fitness. He ran in the Great Aloha Run, the Honolulu Marathon and the Coast Guard Honukane Triathlon. His daily enthusiastic spirit of encouragement has pushed others to reach their personal fitness and professional goals. Reyes has not let his education lapse either; in December, Reyes earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Chaminade University, a local college in Honolulu. The EPOY program is designed to recognize enlisted persons in the military workforce. Nominees must reflect the spirit of pride, professionalism, dedication and must embody the Coast Guard core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty. The community service provided by the nominees should enhance the lives of others inside and outside of the Coast Guard. All activities pertaining to the EPOY program should occur during the calendar year of the award presentation. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO For more information about this release, please contact Petty Officer 3rdClass Michael De Nyse at 808-535-3230 ###
• U.S. Coast Guard boards vessel believed to be fishing illegally in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Mar. 2, 2009
  
• U.S. Coast Guard reminds all who work and play in Hawaii's waters to stay vigilant with AWW, Feb. 27, 2009
  
• U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for missing Chuuk boys in Federated States of Micronesia, Feb. 23, 2009
  
• U.S. Coast Guard-led search for missing Chuuk boys in Federated States of Micronesia waters to continue, Feb. 20, 2009