14 May 2014 Commander of Navy Installations Command Visits Sailors, Tours Navy Installation in Chinhae, South Korea Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installations Command, visited Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Chinhae (CFAC) in the Republic of Korea (ROK), May 13, as part of his tour of the Asia-Pacific region. During an all hands call, Vice Adm. French addressed various topics...
13 May 2014 Blue Ridge Strengthens Long-Standing Friendship with Thailand U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) along with embarked staff, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 and Marines from Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific successfully concluded a three-day visit to Thailand, May 13, strengthening ties and engaging with the local community.While...
12 May 2014 Commander of Navy Installtions Command Visits Alma Mater, Speaks with JROTC in Seoul, Korea Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installations Command, visited his high school alma mater, May 12, where he had the opportunity to speak with cadets from the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) unit from Seoul American High School (SAHS) at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan.Principal...
12 May 2014 Artillerymen Leverage Home Training to Master JRTC Paratroopers of Spartan Steel completed a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center here April 26.Artillerymen of 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, trained at home station to prepare for the training...
09 May 2014 Spartan Brigade Validates Divers Capabilities at Joint Readiness Training Center "Anywhere, anytime." It's a slogan that the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, has made its own and lived by for the last year. It started when the Spartan Brigade flew 15 hours non-stop across the Pacific Ocean in July 2013 and parachuted into northern Australia...
09 May 2014 7th Fleet Ships Emphasize CUES Training With the endorsement of CUES at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) in April 2014, WPNS navies have affirmed their commitment to safety during unplanned encounters at sea. Across the Indo-Pacific Seventh Fleet ships and aircraft train for the expected increase in use of CUES to ensure quick...
09 May 2014 Engineers Jump North of Arctic Circle The midnight sun turned the sky pink as 12 paratroopers from 84th Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), 2d Engineer Brigade, jumped out of a C-17 Globemaster III to land north of the Arctic Circle during multi-component joint Arctic mobility exercise Arctic...
08 May 2014 Locklear Named Surface Navy Association's "Old Salt" Adm. Samuel Locklear, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, accepted the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) "Old Salt" Award at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard, May 7."In the Navy, we have an expression for respected, experienced and knowledgeable mariners. We...
08 May 2014 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit-5 Conducts 2014 Tri-Crab Exercise Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 trained alongside members of the Royal Australian Navy and Air Force, Australian Army and Republic of Singapore Navy during the biennial Tri-Crab Exercise on U.S. Naval Base Guam. The two-week training, which began April 28 and will...
08 May 2014 New U.S. Naval Hospital Facility Opens U.S. Naval Hospital Guam officially opened the doors of their new, state-of-the-art facility in Agana Heights for the first time April 21, replacing the old hospital that was built in 1954.Hospital officials said the transition to the new hospital was seamless, and with the exception of going to a...
14 May 2014 Commander of Navy Installations Command Visits Sailors, Tours Navy Installation in Chinhae, South Korea Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installations Command, visited Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Chinhae (CFAC) in the Republic of Korea (ROK), May 13, as part of his tour of the Asia-Pacific region. During an all hands call, Vice Adm. French addressed various topics...
13 May 2014 Blue Ridge Strengthens Long-Standing Friendship with Thailand U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) along with embarked staff, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 and Marines from Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific successfully concluded a three-day visit to Thailand, May 13, strengthening ties and engaging with the local community.While...
12 May 2014 Commander of Navy Installtions Command Visits Alma Mater, Speaks with JROTC in Seoul, Korea Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installations Command, visited his high school alma mater, May 12, where he had the opportunity to speak with cadets from the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) unit from Seoul American High School (SAHS) at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan.Principal...
12 May 2014 Artillerymen Leverage Home Training to Master JRTC Paratroopers of Spartan Steel completed a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center here April 26.Artillerymen of 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, trained at home station to prepare for the training...
09 May 2014 Spartan Brigade Validates Divers Capabilities at Joint Readiness Training Center "Anywhere, anytime." It's a slogan that the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, has made its own and lived by for the last year. It started when the Spartan Brigade flew 15 hours non-stop across the Pacific Ocean in July 2013 and parachuted into northern Australia...
09 May 2014 7th Fleet Ships Emphasize CUES Training With the endorsement of CUES at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) in April 2014, WPNS navies have affirmed their commitment to safety during unplanned encounters at sea. Across the Indo-Pacific Seventh Fleet ships and aircraft train for the expected increase in use of CUES to ensure quick...
09 May 2014 Engineers Jump North of Arctic Circle The midnight sun turned the sky pink as 12 paratroopers from 84th Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), 2d Engineer Brigade, jumped out of a C-17 Globemaster III to land north of the Arctic Circle during multi-component joint Arctic mobility exercise Arctic...
08 May 2014 Locklear Named Surface Navy Association's "Old Salt" Adm. Samuel Locklear, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, accepted the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) "Old Salt" Award at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard, May 7."In the Navy, we have an expression for respected, experienced and knowledgeable mariners. We...
08 May 2014 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit-5 Conducts 2014 Tri-Crab Exercise Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 trained alongside members of the Royal Australian Navy and Air Force, Australian Army and Republic of Singapore Navy during the biennial Tri-Crab Exercise on U.S. Naval Base Guam. The two-week training, which began April 28 and will...
08 May 2014 New U.S. Naval Hospital Facility Opens U.S. Naval Hospital Guam officially opened the doors of their new, state-of-the-art facility in Agana Heights for the first time April 21, replacing the old hospital that was built in 1954.Hospital officials said the transition to the new hospital was seamless, and with the exception of going to a...