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...

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...

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...

It's hard to imagine that when RIMPAC began in 1971, only five nations participated - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Since then, it's grown to become the world's largest international maritime exercise.This year marks the 25th RIMPAC, and we have more...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKHAM , Hawaii -- “In five months we completed six missions spanning five countries. The work ranged from heavy underwater construction to teaching very technical diver's life support equipment repair classes,” said Chief Equipment Operator Jim McVicar, officer-in-charge,...