SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Pacific partnership staff and partner nation representatives met in Singapore, Nov. 8-10, for a planning conference to finalize details for the upcoming mission, slated for the spring of 2017. In its 12th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian...

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan -- The moment he enters a room, his top priority is shaking hands with any Airman he encounters.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein visited Kadena’s Airmen Nov. 4 and 5.Goldfein spoke with Airmen throughout his base tour and at an all call he hosted. He talked...

WAIANAE, Hawaii — Families and friends of the leeward communities of Oahu paid tribute to the service of all military veterans as Soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division participated in the annual 34th Waianae Veterans Day parade, here, Nov. 7. The Waianae Military Civilian Advisory Council...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 3 Mark VI boat crew provided exercise support during USS Carl Vinson's (CVN 70) Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX), Nov. 4, marking a first for the patrol boat. Operating off the California coast, the MK VI crew assisted...

APRA HARBOR, Guam (NNS) -- Sailors and civilian mariners of submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) completed a five-month deployment, returning to their homeport at Naval Base Guam, Nov. 8.Frank Cable, which departed Guam June 6, concluded a successful five-month deployment to the...

CAMP HUMPHREYS YONGSAN, South Korea -- Beginning in the spring, U.S. Forces Korea initiates a major wave of unit moves to Camp Humphreys as part of the Yongsan Relocation Program.Logistical plans for moving nearly 2000 personnel by the end of 2017 were discussed with Korean Ministry of National...

HONOLULU -- Brig. Gen. Bertram Providence, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific (RHC-P) hosted the Asia-Pacific Military Medicine Roundtable (APMMR), Nov. 7, at RHC-P headquarters in Hawaii. Providence addressed the attendees, which included leaders from around the Pacific region...

CAMP HOVEY, Republic of Korea -- One of the training qualifications that field artillery Soldiers can achieve is to become a joint fire observer, or JFO, which aims at qualifying field artillery Soldiers to coordinate and integrate multiple assets from not only Army itself, but other branches of...

DAHLGREN, Va. (NNS) -- U.S. Navy scientists and engineers briefed a delegation of defense officials from the Republic of Korea (ROK) on directed energy technologies at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), the Department of Defense announced Nov. 4. The ROK delegation, led by...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Imagine the shell of a classic car. Each door is taken off and every part of the interior removed. Each part of the vehicle endures cataloging and inspection before the vehicle comes back together restored. Just like that classic car, every time an HH-60G Pavehawk reaches...