Palau open to Games participants and Koa Moana military

U.S. Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, arrived in Palau June 23 for the annual Koa Moana 25. 

The group delivered 100 first aid kits to the Belau National Hospital, which will be delivered to Pacific Mini Games venues.

Additionally, after the games which are being held from June 29 to July 9, the Koa Maona 25 medical team plan to donate medical supplies to the Belau National Hospital and will “continue to support the Palauan healthcare community with additional staffing for the local centers and hospital, as well as provide medical training and assistance through Palau’s established public health initiatives,” according to the U.S. Navy.

The games are expected to draw more than 2,200 athletes, 300 coaches and potentially hundreds of family members, friends and event followers expected to attend this year’s games and boost arrival numbers for June and July. See palau-invests-more-5-million-ahead-summer-2025-pacific-mini-games.

Marines joined the 30th Naval Construction Regiment's Civic Action Team and many other volunteers helping the PNOC and Palau’s Pacific Mini Games Organizing Committee prepare classrooms to serve as temporary homes for the thousands of athletes. With just days to go before the games, they moved desks and other furniture out of classrooms and brought in bunk beds.