07 July 2016 South Carolina Air National Guard 169th Fighter Wing Prepares for Osan Deployment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Approximately 300 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, are set to deploy mid-July to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, as the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in support...
07 July 2016 Leadership Talks Rim of the Pacific at Press Conference PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Adm. Scott Swift, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, and Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, U.S. 3rd Fleet commander and exercise Rim of the Pacific's Combined Task Force commander, explained the importance of the exercise during an opening press conference here, July 5. Swift said RIMPAC is...
06 July 2016 Soldiers, Korean Veterans Pay Respect to Fallen Brothers in Arms WAEGWAN, South Korea -- "They just kept us in a ravine in the daytime. Then at night they'd move us across country. On Aug. 17, about the middle of the afternoon they motioned for us to get up again, that they was going to move us out again. That's when it happened. That's when I started hearing...
06 July 2016 Pacific Fleet Commander Highlights Rim of the Pacific Core Elements during Opening Press Conference PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- It’s great to be here with you here today to welcome you to the 25th Rim of the Pacific exercise.As Commander of Pacific Fleet, I’m the host of RIMPAC, and I’ll offer a few brief remarks before I turn you over to the real leader of RIMPAC, Vice Admiral Nora Tyson, who has...
06 July 2016 Sustainment Mission Command in a Globally Distributed Environment HONOLULU -- In the vast, noncontiguous Pacific theater, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) is responsible for building and sustaining land component and joint force readiness despite the "tyranny of distance." This globally distributed environment includes multiple theaters of operations full...