12 July 2016 Eighth Army Welcomes First Female Deputy Commanding General YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea -- Eighth Army welcomed Brig. Gen. Tammy Smith, the first female general officer to serve in an Eighth Army headquarters-level position, during a Patch Ceremony July 7 at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan in Seoul. Smith takes over as the Deputy Commanding...
12 July 2016 AF Selects First Enlisted Airmen for Global Hawk Pilot Training WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Air Force recently selected the first 10 enlisted Airmen to attend RQ-4 Global Hawk pilot training, marking the first time since World War II enlisted Airmen will be behind the stick. The first combined enlisted and officer training course will begin October 2016, with the...
12 July 2016 Republic of Korea, U.S. Marines Advance as One SUSEONG RANGE, Republic of Korea -- On one side of a range, U.S. woodland uniforms and the gray Republic of Korea digital camouflage uniforms merge together as the Marines sit shoulder to shoulder on the back of a truck. On the other side, ROK and U.S. Marines wait in the darkness of assault...
11 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Departs Philippines LEGAZPI, Philippines (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016 departed its second mission stop, the Republic of the Philippines July 11, after completing two weeks of humanitarian assistance and disaster response training, medical subject matter expert exchanges, cooperative health engagements and...
11 July 2016 Pacific Command Amphibious Leaders Symposium-16 Commences to Build Indo-Asia Pacific Partnerships SAN DIEGO -- U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific commenced the second annual U.S. Pacific Command Amphibious Leaders Symposium 2016 (PALS-16) with the gathering of representatives from 22 partner and allied nations from the Indo-Asia-Pacific region in San Diego, July 10.PALS-16 brings together senior...
11 July 2016 Coast Guard, Navy Medevac Ill Mariner from Sailing Vessel North of Oahu HONOLULU — Coast Guard and Navy aircrews conducted a medevac of a 58-year-old mariner from the 45-foot sailing vessel Second Chance 184 miles north of Oahu, Sunday.A Navy SH-60 helicopter crew from Kaneohe Bay hoisted the mariner aboard the helicopter and returned to Kaneohe Bay where he was...
11 July 2016 Submarine Rescue Symposium Held at JBPHH during Rim of the Pacific 2016 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM – Approximately 50 submarine officers and civilian contractors from seven nations attended a Rim of the Pacific 2016 submarine rescue symposium hosted at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 9. The symposium offered those in attendance an opportunity to strategize how...
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...