SEPTEMBER 2020 INSIDE: Happy 73rd Birthday Air Force RIMPAC Concludes Remembering Sept. 2, 1945 - End of WWII PHOTO OF THE MONTH Your Navy Team in Hawaii CONTENTS Commander, Navy Region Hawaii oversees two installations: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on OPERATIONS Oahu and Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, on Kauai. As Naval Surface Group Middle RIMPAC 2020 Director of Public Aff airs, Navy Region Hawaii Pacific, we provide oversight for the ten surface - RIMPAC Concludes Lydia Robertson ships homeported at JBPHH. Navy aircraft - Photo Highlights of Exercise RIMPAC 2020 Deputy Director of Public Aff airs, squadrons are also co-located at Marine Corps Navy Region Hawaii Base Hawaii, Kaneohe, Oahu, and training is Mike Andrews sometimes also conducted on other islands, but most Navy assets are located at JBPHH and │ Director of Public Aff airs, PMRF. These two installations serve fleet, fighter 4-7 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and family under the direction of Commander, Navy Chuck Anthony Installations Command. COVER STORY Director of Public Aff airs, A guided-missile cruiser and destroyers of 75th Anniversary of the Pacifi c Missile Range Facility Commander, Naval Surface Force Pacific deploy End of World War II Commander, Navy Region Tom Clements independently or as part of a group for Commander, -Remembering the Hawaii And Naval Surface Group U.S. Third Fleet and in the Seventh Fleet and Fifth End of World War II Middle Pacifi c Managing Editor Fleet areas of responsibility. The Navy, including - Warbirds arrive in Anna Marie General your Navy team in Hawaii, builds partnerships and Hawaii REAR ADM. ROBERT CHADWICK strengthens interoperability in the Pacific. Each Military Editor │10-13 year, Navy ships, submarines and aircraft from MC2 Charles Oki Hawaii participate in various training exercises with MEDICAL Contributing Staff allies and friends in the Pacific and Indian Oceans to Melvin Gonzalvo strengthen interoperability. Navy service members JBPHH supports fi rst David Underwood, Jr. and civilians conduct humanitarian assistance and Indo-Pacifi c Aeromedical MC1 Erickson Magno disaster response missions in the South Pacific Evacuation Mission for GSE2 Lexie Perez and in Asia. Working with the U.S. Coast Guard, COVID-19 the Navy in Hawaii provides drug interdiction and Ho‘okele is a free publication. fisheries enforcement operations for Commander, All editorial content is prepared, edited, provided and U.S. Pacific Fleet. In even-numbered years Hawaii approved by the staff of the Commander, Navy Region hosts the biennial summer Rim of the Pacific │18-19 Hawaii Public Affairs Offi ce: 850 Ticonderoga, Suite Exercise, the world’s largest military maritime 110, JBPHH, Hawaii, 96860-4884. Telephone: (808) exercise, featuring more than two dozen nations and 25,000 personnel. 473-2888; fax (808) 473-2876. This is an authorized Other Highlights: USS Chung-Hoon launches SM-2 missile publication primarily for members of the uniformed 08 Happy 73rd Birthday Air Force! military services and their families in Hawaii. Its contents The Navy family in Hawaii comprises around Guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) launches an SM-2 missile during Rim of the Pacifi c 14 POW/MIA Recognition Day do not necessarily refl ect the offi cial views of the U.S. 50,000 people, most of whom are active duty (RIMPAC) 2020 Aug. 26. Ten nations, 22 ships, one submarine, and more than 5,300 personnel participated in 16 9/11 - Never Forget government, the Department of Defense, and the military service members and their families, and includes Exercise RIMPAC from Aug. 17 to 31 at sea around the Hawaiian Islands. 20 Reporting CRB branch of services and do not imply endorsement nearly 15,000 civilians and contractors as part of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Devin Langer) 21 thereof. A Hui Hou! our workforce. Commander, Joint Base StoryPearl Header Harbor-Hickam │00 National Cooking Day and Family Day falls in September, JBPHH includes the Pearl Harbor waterfront, What is your favorite family recipe and why? Hickam flight line, Wahiawa annex and several CAPT. ERIK SPITZER other areas in West Oahu and provides a major By David D. Underwood, Jr., MC1 Erickson Magno and MC2 Charles Oki logistics and other support hub for the military and military families. Supporting the nation’s ballistic missile defense initiative, the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the western coast of“The Garden Island,” is the world’s largest instrumented multidimensional testing and training missile range. We provide services to the U.S. Pacific Command, one of DOD’s six geographic combatant commands, with an area of responsibility covering On the Cover: half the globe. We directly support two component A Consolidated PBY fl ying boat commands whose headquarters are on JBPHH: prepares for fl ight at Wheeler Army Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander, Airfi eld Aug. 30. The aircraft was U.S. Pacific Air Force. Close to our own Region/ participating in an arial parade as part of the Offi cial 75th anniversary MIDPAC headquarters command is Commander, of the End of World War II MC1 Michael Zingaro TSgt Jeff rey Espinosa AZ2 Kalynne Walker Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. With 18 Commemoration. (U.S. Navy photo COMSUBPAC 15th Medical Group PMRF forward-deployable combat-ready U.S. Navy by Melvin Gonzalvo) “My paternal grandmother’s shepherd’s “The quintessential Philippine dish “My favorite is my grandmaʻs mac and submarines, Pearl Harbor is home to the largest connect with us pie. Hands down, no question. I am known as adobo. Adobo is a method cheese. That’s the dish my mom will submarine presence in the Pacific. The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, on JBPHH, is the largest instantly brought back to a simpler of marinating and stewing meat with a always bring for any event. I would Commanding Offi cer ship repair facility between the West Coast and the Pacifi c Missle Range Facility time of fond memories sitting around mix of vinegar, soy sauce and spices. It always watch her make it and now Iʻve Far East. Within our region we support more than my grandmother’s dining room table, tops my list of favorite dishes because perfected it myself. It brings back a lot @JointBasePHH @JBPHH @JBPHH 100 tenant commands. @NavRegHawaii @NavyRegionHawaii CAPT. TIMOTHY YOUNG sharing a laugh and meal with those not only is it easy to prepare, but my of memories for me.” @PacificMissileRangeFacility most important to me.” family’s version is by far the best.” (Note: Photographers were 6 feet away from subject while social distancing.) 2 HO’OKELE • SEPTEMBER 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 • HO’OKELE 3 OPERATIONS RIMPAC 2020 CONCLUDES By RIMPAC 2020 Public Affairs The international maritime exercise Rim us to work together to ensure a free and “I would like to extend my sincere of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2020 concluded open Indo-Pacific and ultimately, our appreciation and thanks to all Aug. 31 following two weeks of at-sea- collective prosperity.” participating nations in RIMPAC 2020. only training events conducted around Our mutual commitment toward a the Hawaiian Islands. This year’s exercise includes forces free and open Indo-Pacific will ensure from Australia, Brunei, Canada, France, unfettered open access to the seas This year’s event included 53 Japan, New Zealand, Republic of and airways upon which our people replenishment-at-sea events, 101 the Philippines, Republic of Korea, and economies depend, now and into pallets of cargo distributed, over 16,000 Singapore, and the United States. the future,” said Adm. John C. Aquilino, rounds of small arms munitions shot, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. over 1,000 large caliber weapons The at-sea-only construct for RIMPAC fired, 13 missiles expended, and 1,100 2020 was developed to ensure the The biennial exercise contributes to the pounds of mail delivered. safety of all military forces participating, increased lethality, resiliency, and agility and Hawaii’s population, by minimizing needed by the Joint and Combined Hosted by U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC shore-based contingents, while striking Force to deter and defeat aggression 2020 was led by U.S. Vice Adm. Scott a balance between combating future by major powers across all domains Conn, commander of the U.S. 3rd Fleet. adversaries and the COVID-19 threat. and levels of conflict. The exercise Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet crafted provides a unique training opportunity “Our formidable team of capable, the modified RIMPAC plan as a way that strengthens international maritime adaptive partners has spent the last two to conduct a meaningful exercise with partnerships, enhances interoperability, weeks demonstrating that we have the maximum training value and minimum and improves the readiness of resolve and ability to operate together risk to the force, allies and partners, and participating forces for a wide range in these challenging times,” said Conn. the people of Hawaii. of potential operations. The relevant, “We strengthened relationships and realistic training program included deepened our sense of trust in one This RIMPAC marks the first time a non- multinational anti-submarine warfare, another. Each one of our navies has U.S. military woman, Capt. Phillipa Hay maritime intercept operations, and something to offer and that diverse of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), live-fire training events, among other range of knowledge and professionalism led a RIMPAC task force of more than cooperative training opportunities. is what makes us stronger, and allows 2,500 Sailors. (U.S. Navy photos by MCSN Lily Gebauer and MCSN Isaak Martinez; Royal Australian navy photos, and Republic of the Philippines navy photos by SN1 Pataueg) (Layout by GSE2 Lexie Perez) 4 HO’OKELE • SEPTEMBER 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 • HO’OKELE 5 1 3 6 4 7 2 5 8 Multinational navy ships and a submarine steam in formation during a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ship JS Ashigara (DDG U.S.