23 May 2016 Hawaii Sailors Join the Effort to Build Resilient Partners in Pacific Partnership 2016 PEARL HARBOR, HI, -- The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam May 20, after taking on supplies and additional mission members in support of Pacific Partnership 2016 (PP16). Pacific Partnership, in its 11th year, is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian...
20 May 2016 Great Green Fleet to Visit Philippines SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- The USS John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) is scheduled to begin a routine port visit to the Philippines May 20 in Subic Bay and 21 May in Manila. JCSSG consists of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21 embarked,...
20 May 2016 Hawaii Based Engineers Set to Deploy to South Korea SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – The 130th Engineer Brigade hosted a deployment ceremony for engineers of the 523rd Engineer Company, 84th Engineer Battalion, May 18 at Hamilton Field for its upcoming deployment to the Republic of Korea as part of U.S. Army-Pacific's Korean Rotational Forces. They...
20 May 2016 USNS Mercy visits Pearl Harbor in Preparation for Pacific Partnership PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Pearl Harbor May 18 as the ship and approximately 700 embarked personnel begin Pacific Partnership 2016. Pacific Partnership. In its 11th year Pacific Partnership will emphasize disaster preparedness through multilateral cooperation in the...
20 May 2016 Live Fire Training Partners Airmen with Local Firefighters OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Firefighters from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron partnered with members of Songtan Fire Department a joint training structural live fire exercise May 18, 2016, at Kyonggi-do Fire Academy. Osan fire and emergency services members train with Korean counterparts...
20 May 2016 Task Force Koa Moana Embarks from Okinawa OKINAWA, Japan -- Before any exercise or operational deployment there is always a rush of events happening to get the boat moving. “Even though it’s my first deployment, which made me really nervous, I was excited because I was ready to go to all these countries and to be a very important person...
19 May 2016 USS Frank Cable Continues Training for Upcoming Deployment PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Sailors and Military Sealift Command mariners assigned to submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) increased underway readiness by simulating emergency drills and running flight operations, May 17. The crew practiced working as an integrated team to simulate a man overboard...
19 May 2016 Professional Exchange Strengthens Partnerships, Builds Proficiency For three days in March, two enforcement personnel from American Samoa patrolled the Pacific Ocean conducting at-sea law enforcement and fisheries boardings with the crew of USCGC Kukui (WLB 203). The Pacific Island Nations and the United States understand the Western and Central Pacific Ocean’s...
19 May 2016 Yokota Electricians Inflate Life Rafts YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- When a C-130 Hercules completes missions while soaring through the skies, the crew members need to know that they can safely react to an emergency. This is where the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron and 374th Operations Support Squadron came into play when 14 C-130s were...