20 August 2014 Hawaii Visits Yokosuka during Western Pacific Deployment The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka Aug. 20 for a visit as part of its deployment to the Western Pacific. With a crew of approximately 140, Hawaii will conduct a multitude of mission and showcase the latest capabilities of the submarine...
19 August 2014 Navy Installations in Japan, Guam and Hawaii to Participate in Citadel Pacific 2014 Exercise Citadel Pacific 2014 will be conducted on Navy Installations throughout the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility, including Navy Region Japan, Joint Region Marianas and Navy Region Hawaii from Aug. 25-29. This annual exercise is designed to enhance the training, readiness and...
19 August 2014 Guam is Strategic Hub to Asia-Pacific Rebalance Guam, because of its military bases, Army anti-ballistic missile system and location 3,300 miles west of Hawaii is an increasingly important strategic hub for the U.S. Asia-Pacific rebalance, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said today.Work’s visit here was part of a seven-day trip that began with...
19 August 2014 U.S. Navy Works with Indonesian Partners in Protecting, Preserving Sunken Gravesite U.S. Navy underwater archeologists, in conjunction with Indonesian Navy divers, have assessed in an interim report that the wrecked vessel surveyed in the Java Sea in June is "consistent with the identification" of the World War II wreck of the cruiser USS Houston (CA 30), and that divers documented...
19 August 2014 Medical Experts Train Counterparts in Mongolia The sounds of agony filled the air near the wooded back lot of the Central Armed Forces Hospital, or CAFH, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as an interpreter encouraged accident victims to ‘ham up’ their performances during mass casualty response training, as part of Operation Pacific Angel 14-4...
19 August 2014 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Visits Iwo To during Transit through U.S 7th Fleet Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 5 were afforded a rare opportunity to visit Iwo To (formally known as Iwo Jima) while transiting through the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility Aug. 16, 2014.Through the natural course of transit while deployed...
18 August 2014 Goodwill through the Language of Civil Engineer U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brede Grorud and Mongolian Armed Forces Sgt. Erdenetsogt Batchuluun, electricians participating in Pacific Angel 14-4, stand in the poorly lit gymnasium of Bulgan Province, a Mongolian primary school, effortlessly repairing the building’s electrical system though they are...
18 August 2014 US and ROK Navies Sign Anti-submarine Warfare Charter to Increase Cooperation and Interoperability Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies signed a charter August 16 pledging to increase cooperation in future anti-submarine warfare training. The charter was signed during a special ceremony hosted by Vice Adm. Jung, Ho-Sup, commander of the Republic of Korea Fleet. Vice Adm...
18 August 2014 Dempsey Favors Building Vietnamese Naval Capabilities If the United States lifts the embargo against the sale of lethal weapons to Vietnam, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey would recommend providing materials for the Peoples’ Navy, he said during a news conference in Ho Chi Minh City today.In the first trip by a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to...
18 August 2014 Aussie Officers Gain Valuable Experience Aboard Blue Ridge U. S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) hosted two junior officers from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to offer them in-depth shipboard training, July 28 to Aug. 14, promoting cooperation between the U.S and Australia. Sub Lt. Dionette Wilson and Sub Lt. James Chinner were selected by the...