Moriana Phillip (RMI EPA), Ruth Yender (NOAA), Lt. Aidan Leddy-Phillips (MER RAC), Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Harms (D14 chief of MER), and Paul Irving (SPREP) take a moment for a photo after briefing the president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, in Majuro on April 5, 2024. In a landmark collaboration, five Hawaii-based active duty members of the U.S. Coast Guard's 14th District and the Marine Environmental Response team from the newly established Regional Activities Center, alongside a scientific support coordinator from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), joined forces with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to initiate an Oil Spill Task Force in Majuro the first week of April 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)