NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor Delivers Reliable Logistics During RIMPAC 2018

Photo By Shannon Haney | 180718-N-EV910-002 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 17, 2018) Maria Johnston, Navy Supply Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Pearl Harbor Fuel Distribution System Worker, monitors a fuel hose during a fuel transfer to a coalition oiler during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Shannon R. Haney/Released)  

PEARL HARBOR, HI, UNITED STATES

08.15.2018

Story by Shannon Haney 

NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Pearl Harbor completed its role supporting the world’s largest international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), Aug. 2.

For the duration of RIMPAC 2018, June 27 to Aug. 2, NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor fulfilled the lead logistics role. The success of any large-scale maritime operation is contingent upon the availability of logistics required by all participating units.

NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor delivered over 26 million gallons of fuel to ships and aircraft, 80,000 pounds of mail, $3.5 million of provisions, 1,800 pallets of material, 900 pieces of critical material and processed over 2,000 depot level repairable (DLRs).

RIMPAC 2018 provided the ideal vehicle for NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor to execute its mission, where its supply officers, enlisted logisticians and civilian employees worked together with participating nations to foster cooperative relationships and deliver critical logistics.

"Our team of active military, reserve military and civilian logisticians seamlessly integrated to deliver logistics services enabling RIMPAC's success," said Capt. Eric A. Morgan, commanding officer of NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor. "RIMPAC increased our normal daily operations by ten-fold and our reserve augmentation fully meshed into the FLC 'Ohana to make it completely transparent to our Fleet and partner nation customers. I am incredibly proud of our team's delivery of "Service with Aloha" while demonstrating agile logistics and their ability to sustain a higher operational tempo (OPTEMPO) in the pacific."

Twenty-five nations, 46 surface ships, five submarines, 17 land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in RIMPAC 2018. This year's RIMPAC iteration marked the 26th in the series that began in 1971 and is now held every two years.

This year's exercise included forces from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Republic of Korea, Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.

This robust constellation of allies and partners support sustained and favorable regional balances of power that safeguard security, prosperity and the free and open international order. RIMPAC 2018 contributes to the increased lethality, resiliency and agility needed by the joint and combined force to deter and defeat aggression by major powers across all domains and levels of conflict.

NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor is one of eight FLCs under Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command. Headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and employing a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 22,500 military and civilian personnel, NAVSUP's mission is to provide supplies, services and quality-of-life support to the Navy and joint warfighter.

• Date Taken: 08.15.2018
• Date Posted: 01.29.2019 18:44
• Story ID: 308703
• Location: PEARL HARBOR, HI, US