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...