Dee Cruz from the Emergency Management team provides instruction during a disaster preparedness and response workshop, and an introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS) to local government and NGO agencies peers in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, from Sept. 4, 2024. The effort focused on the activation, staffing, organization, deactivation, and demobilization of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC), offering Yapese partners crucial insights into managing disaster response. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Anna Maria Vaccaro)