The group, which was mostly composed of football enthusiasts from Tacloban, held their first games at the back of the Quezon City Hall.
In November 2013, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes traveled to Tacloban, Philippines to cover Typhoon Haiyan.
After three months operating between various ports in New Guinea and the Admiralty Islands, on October 18 the ship sailed from Hollandia, bound for Tacloban in the Philippines.
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Cooper often anchors the program from the site of a major news story, such as his extensive coverage from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil Spill, as well as Port-au-Prince after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and also from the storm zone in Tacloban, Leyte during the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, also known as DZR Airport, in Tacloban City, Philippines
In early December the ship sailed from Tacloban in a convoy of 40 ships bound for Leyte.
The program ceased broadcasting for 6 weeks after Tacloban City was hit by Typhoon Yolanda on November 8, 2013, which damaged the broadcast equipment of ABS-CBN Tacloban.
Flight operations began immediately and were eventually conducted from bases including Midway, Canton, Johnston Atoll, Guadalcanal, Munda, Morotai, Tacloban, and Clark Field.