22 July 2016 Rescue Teams Hone Skills during Pacific Thunder 16-2 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea –A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are making low passes over mountaintops, providing covering fire for two HH-60 Pave Hawks carrying Air Force rescue teams as they all coordinate to find pilots down behind enemy lines. A distress call is heard on the radio over the roaring of...
21 July 2016 Second Rim of the Pacific Sinking Exercise Concludes PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 sank the decommissioned USS Crommelin (FFG 37) July 19 in waters 15,000 feet deep and 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii.RIMPAC units, including the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate Her...
21 July 2016 Tiger Balm 2016 Kicks Off on Oahu with Focus on Partnership WAIMANALO, Hawaii - Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Broncos," 25th Infantry Division; 29th Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii Army National Guard; and the 9th Infantry Brigade, 6th Division, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) held an opening ceremony for Tiger Balm 16 at the 298th Regiment,...
21 July 2016 74th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Co. Wins USARPAC Team of the Year Competition Two Years Running SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The best U.S. Army-Pacific Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams gathered together July 11-15, here, to compete in the annual EOD Team of the Year (TOY) competition hosted by 8th Military Police Brigade's 303rd EOD Battalion. The weeklong event showcased USARPAC's best...
21 July 2016 USS Shoup Hosts Congressional Staff Members The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) welcomed six staff members of various congressional members to observe underway operations, during Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 18th.The staff members arrived aboard Shoup in an MH-60S helicopter from the Nimitz-class...
06 July 2016 Yokota Working Vehicle Showcase YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota’s airlift mission couldn’t function without its wheels on the ground. Yokota has a variety of specialized vehicles in all shapes and sizes, performing jobs from cleaning sewage lines to loading cargo to putting out fires. This article showcases four of Yokota’s...
01 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Conducts Cooperative Health Engagement in Ligao City LIGAO CITY, Philippines (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016 visited Ligao West Central Elementary School June 28-29, as part of a cooperative health engagement (CHE), promoting health education and providing services led by Filipino health officials of Daraga in Albay Province.The CHE participants...
01 July 2016 U.S. Air Force, Nepal Exchange Disaster Relief Best Practices KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Ten Airmen assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, participated with various Nepali organizations in a subject-matter expert exchange at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu June 24 to July 9.More than 20 members from the Nepal...
30 June 2016 US, ROK Navies Coordinate on Anti-submarine Warfare BUSAN, Republic of Korea - Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at the Republic of Korea Fleet (ROKFLT) base in Busan to discuss continued cooperation efforts regarding anti-submarine warfare (ASW).The ASW Cooperation Committee, created after the signing of the original...
30 June 2016 Great Green Fleet arrives at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The USS John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) arrived in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii June 28 and 29 to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.JCSSG, also known as the Navy’s first Great Green Fleet (GGF) strike group, consists of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with...