The crew was on a scheduled overnight stop in Guam when they were contacted by U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam and asked to assist with a search and rescue mission off the coast of Chuuk Island, Micronesia. Their C-130 was the only asset available in Sector Guam to respond. However, it was not equipped for a search and rescue mission. With a change in mission they became Rescue 313.
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