[2] On 10 February 2019, during Robert Ward's first operational patrol the crew responded to an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon distress call near Torrey Pines, California.

Robert Ward arrived on scene within minutes and located three hypothermic people (two adults and one child) clinging to the hull of an overturned sail boat.

The crew of Robert Ward rescued all three individuals, provided emergency medical services and transported survivors to San Diego, California.

[6] On 29 August 2019, Robert Ward returned to Coast Guard Base Los Angeles Long Beach from her first Eastern Pacific Patrol with 2,800 pounds (1,300 kg) of seized cocaine.

Robert Ward was credited with the second largest cocaine seizure and disruption of any Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter in the fleet.

[7] On 13 November 2019, Robert Ward assisted a mariner in distress on board a homemade sailing vessel after a five-month journey across Pacific Ocean from Japan.