08 May 2014 Locklear Named Surface Navy Association's "Old Salt" Adm. Samuel Locklear, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, accepted the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) "Old Salt" Award at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard, May 7."In the Navy, we have an expression for respected, experienced and knowledgeable mariners. We...
08 May 2014 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit-5 Conducts 2014 Tri-Crab Exercise Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 trained alongside members of the Royal Australian Navy and Air Force, Australian Army and Republic of Singapore Navy during the biennial Tri-Crab Exercise on U.S. Naval Base Guam. The two-week training, which began April 28 and will...
08 May 2014 New U.S. Naval Hospital Facility Opens U.S. Naval Hospital Guam officially opened the doors of their new, state-of-the-art facility in Agana Heights for the first time April 21, replacing the old hospital that was built in 1954.Hospital officials said the transition to the new hospital was seamless, and with the exception of going to a...
07 May 2014 USS City of Corpus Christi Returns to Pearl Harbor Family and friends gathered May 6 at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to welcome home Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) from a deployment to the Western Pacific region."This is my final underway in command and I cannot be prouder than...
07 May 2014 Alaska Air Force Reserve Unit Flies Milestone Sortie F-22 pilots from the 477th Fighter Group, Alaska's only Air Force Reserve unit, made history during the Unit Training Assembly weekend May 3. With a combined total of 4000 flight hours, Col. David Piffarerio, Majs. Jonathan Gration, Ryan Pelkola and Chad Newkirk flew the most experienced four-ship...