Army divers partner with Coast Guard in support of Saipan recovery

n support of the disaster relief efforts in Saipan, a Hawaii dive detachment partnered with the Coast Guard's 14th District for a required port assessment and certification of Tanapag Harbor, the port of Saipan, which remains partially non-mission capable, Aug. 27.

Typhoon Soudelor left Saipan, a 48-square mile island, with loss of power and water services to more than 45,000 Saipan residents causing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reach out to the Department of Defense for support after all local, state and non-DOD national assets were exhausted.

"In the Pacific we are the only Army dive detachment - we have to be ready to deploy rapidly," said Spc. Galen Griffith, an engineer diver, assigned to the 7th Engineer Dive Detachment, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command.

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