01 December 2014 CTF-75 Receives New Riverine Command Boats Sailors assigned to Commander, Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific (CTF-75), Coastal Riverine Squadron 3 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 aided in off-loading two Riverine Command Boats (RCBs) from USNS Soderman (T-AKR 317) and transported to Naval Base Guam, Nov 24.The new boats...
26 November 2014 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Army, Air Force Leaders Enrich Joint Partnership Arctic paratroopers jumped from a C-17 Globemaster III piloted by a U.S. Air Force crew onto Malemute Drop Zone, Nov. 18, 2014. While this occurrence is not unusual, on this day there was also an Air Force presence on the ground. The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry...
26 November 2014 U.S. and Korean Submariners Deepen Understanding during 40th SWCM Commander, Submarine Group (COMSUBGRU) 7 conducted bilateral talks with the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Nov. 24-26 at Chinhae, Republic of Korea (ROK).The 40th Submarine Warfare Committee Meeting (SWCM) brought together representatives from the U.S. and ROK navies. SWCM is a semi-annual flag...
26 November 2014 USS Mississippi Welcomed as Newest Member of Pacific Submarine Force The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) was welcomed to the Pearl Harbor waterfront at an aloha ceremony Nov. 25, as the newest submarine permanently assigned to Submarine Squadron 1 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.The arrival of Mississippi makes her the 4th...
26 November 2014 Ordnance Airmen Focus on Preventing Explosions of Another Nature Explosive Ordnance Disposal's mission is to safely dispose of potentially deadly explosive devices.With the extreme stress of this mission, even the best-equipped Airman may find himself facing unexploded ordnance of an entirely different kind.In a job that exposes workers to potentially devastating...