Navy
USS Shiloh returns to Pearl Harbor-Hickam after 3-month deployment patrolling the South Pacific
Stars and Stripes
April 6, 2025
USS Shiloh (CG 67) patrolled, and conducted several boarding and intelligence gathering operations in the South Pacific region in support of Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) 2025. (Paula Hackbart/U.S. Navy)
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Friday after a three-month deployment patrolling the South Pacific in support of Oceania Maritime Security Initiative 2025.
“I am proud of what our crew accomplished and the strong partnership with our Coast Guard shipmates,” said Capt. Bryan E. Geisert, Shiloh’s commanding officer.
According to a service news release, Shiloh partnered with an embarked law enforcement detachment from the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team to conduct several boarding and intelligence-gathering operations in the South Pacific. Shiloh enforced provisions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention and bilateral law enforcement agreements it has with specific countries in the region.
“It is a critical and unique opportunity to assist in ensuring marine resources are protected through the enforcement of international laws to enhance regional stability,” Geisert said.
OMSI is a Secretary of Defense program that leverages Department of Defense assets transiting the region to increase the USCG’s maritime domain awareness, ultimately supporting maritime law enforcement in Oceania.
Shiloh is assigned to Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of its allies and partners in the region.
Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) conduct rescue and assistance training during the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) mission while underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 17, 2025. (Cecilia Rocafort/U.S. Navy)
U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement personnel from U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Tactical Law Enforcement Team embarked aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) approach a foreign-flagged fishing vessel from a small boat during the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) mission while underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 18, 2025. (Cecilia Rocafort/U.S. Navy)
Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) conduct rescue and assistance training during the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) mission while underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 17, 2025. (Cecilia Rocafort/U.S. Navy)
U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement personnel from U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Tactical Law Enforcement Team embarked aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) approach a foreign-flagged fishing vessel from a small boat during the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) mission while underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 21, 2025. (Cecilia Rocafort/U.S. Navy)
U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement personnel from U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Tactical Law Enforcement Team embarked aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) approach a foreign-flagged fishing vessel from a small boat during the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) mission while underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 18, 2025 (Cecilia Rocafort/U.S. Navy)