11 July 2016 Soldiers Master Their Craft with Expert Infantryman Badge Training CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- During the month of May, Infantry Soldiers from across the Korean Peninsula pushed themselves through grueling tests of physical and mental capabilities in an attempt to earn the coveted Expert Infantryman Badge.Of the 627 Soldiers who made the attempt, only 131 earned...
11 July 2016 Safety and Occupational Health Training Course Sees First Local National Employee Graduates CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- Safety and Occupational Health Specialists Cho, Tae Hyon and Kim, Kwang Sop recently accomplished something in ten weeks that historically took local national employees ten years.Cho and Kim are the first Korean employee's to graduate the U.S. Army Combat...
11 July 2016 Philippine Air Contingent Wraps Up Activity, Cooperation CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines -- The second detachment of the U.S. Air Contingent to the Philippines, U.S. Navy Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 expeditionary detachment, recently completed training alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines for routine operational missions that enhance...
08 July 2016 Self Defense Test Ship Completes Test Trials Using 100% Alternative Fuel PORT HUENEME, California -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division's (NSWC PHD) Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS), ex-PAUL F. FOSTER went underway for final-phase testing of two alternative fuels, May 31.The SDTS traveled to San Diego, where it took on approximately 30,000 gallons of two...
08 July 2016 Emory S. Land Recognized for Outstanding Environmental Stewardship SANTA RITA, GUAM (July 05, 2016) – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) received the Fiscal Year 2015 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmental Quality Award in recognition for maintaining environmental readiness standards.With 59 nominations from commands around the world being...
08 July 2016 Demonstrating Capable, Adaptive, Partners During 25th RIMPAC It's hard to imagine that when RIMPAC began in 1971, only five nations participated - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Since then, it's grown to become the world's largest international maritime exercise.This year marks the 25th RIMPAC, and we have more...
08 July 2016 Iwakuni Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 Arrives in Fuji, Unleashes Eagle Wrath 2016 COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, arrived at the Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, to participate in exercise Eagle Wrath 2016 on July 8, 2016.The annual...
08 July 2016 Underwater Construction Team 2 Deployment Supports Theater Engagement and U.S. PACFLT JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKHAM , Hawaii -- “In five months we completed six missions spanning five countries. The work ranged from heavy underwater construction to teaching very technical diver's life support equipment repair classes,” said Chief Equipment Operator Jim McVicar, officer-in-charge,...
08 July 2016 Decatur Hosts Midshipmen for Summer Training Program SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Eighteen Midshipmen from colleges around the U.S. embarked guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) for their 2016 summer training surface warfare cruise, July 7. The purpose of the midshipman summer training program is to allow them the opportunity to experience the...
08 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Co-hosts Joint Disaster Management Symposium LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016 held a Joint Disaster Symposium at Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (BRTTH), June 30.The symposium gave Pacific Partnership personnel attached to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), members of the Armed Forces of the...
11 July 2016 Soldiers Master Their Craft with Expert Infantryman Badge Training CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- During the month of May, Infantry Soldiers from across the Korean Peninsula pushed themselves through grueling tests of physical and mental capabilities in an attempt to earn the coveted Expert Infantryman Badge.Of the 627 Soldiers who made the attempt, only 131 earned...
11 July 2016 Safety and Occupational Health Training Course Sees First Local National Employee Graduates CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- Safety and Occupational Health Specialists Cho, Tae Hyon and Kim, Kwang Sop recently accomplished something in ten weeks that historically took local national employees ten years.Cho and Kim are the first Korean employee's to graduate the U.S. Army Combat...
11 July 2016 Philippine Air Contingent Wraps Up Activity, Cooperation CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines -- The second detachment of the U.S. Air Contingent to the Philippines, U.S. Navy Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 expeditionary detachment, recently completed training alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines for routine operational missions that enhance...
08 July 2016 Self Defense Test Ship Completes Test Trials Using 100% Alternative Fuel PORT HUENEME, California -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division's (NSWC PHD) Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS), ex-PAUL F. FOSTER went underway for final-phase testing of two alternative fuels, May 31.The SDTS traveled to San Diego, where it took on approximately 30,000 gallons of two...
08 July 2016 Emory S. Land Recognized for Outstanding Environmental Stewardship SANTA RITA, GUAM (July 05, 2016) – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) received the Fiscal Year 2015 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmental Quality Award in recognition for maintaining environmental readiness standards.With 59 nominations from commands around the world being...
08 July 2016 Demonstrating Capable, Adaptive, Partners During 25th RIMPAC It's hard to imagine that when RIMPAC began in 1971, only five nations participated - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Since then, it's grown to become the world's largest international maritime exercise.This year marks the 25th RIMPAC, and we have more...
08 July 2016 Iwakuni Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 Arrives in Fuji, Unleashes Eagle Wrath 2016 COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, arrived at the Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, to participate in exercise Eagle Wrath 2016 on July 8, 2016.The annual...
08 July 2016 Underwater Construction Team 2 Deployment Supports Theater Engagement and U.S. PACFLT JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKHAM , Hawaii -- “In five months we completed six missions spanning five countries. The work ranged from heavy underwater construction to teaching very technical diver's life support equipment repair classes,” said Chief Equipment Operator Jim McVicar, officer-in-charge,...
08 July 2016 Decatur Hosts Midshipmen for Summer Training Program SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Eighteen Midshipmen from colleges around the U.S. embarked guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) for their 2016 summer training surface warfare cruise, July 7. The purpose of the midshipman summer training program is to allow them the opportunity to experience the...
08 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Co-hosts Joint Disaster Management Symposium LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016 held a Joint Disaster Symposium at Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (BRTTH), June 30.The symposium gave Pacific Partnership personnel attached to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), members of the Armed Forces of the...