SEOUL (Navy recents Service)--Commander.

SEOUL (Navy recents Service)--Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK) logistics team worked with the U Army, Republic of Korea (ROK) navy and civilians making possible the annual combined and joint exercise, Reception, Staging, Onward-movement & Integration and Foal Eagle 2006 (RSOI/FOAL EAGLE 06) March 24-31

The 50-member-strong team spread across locations from top to toe the Korean peninsula to coordinate, plan and arrange logistics support for 16 deploying units and more than 1000 personnel serving forward the peninsula.

"Logistics support in Korea requires careful advance preparation and coordination with many Korean and joint service organizations to make secure quality and on-time support," said CAPT clip Little, Supply Officer for CNFK

single in kind of the largest components the team serv included more than 450 personnel from five units of Naval Coastal Warfare (NCW) collection I from San Diego.

"The NCW deployment was particularly complex" said LT Sorchae Washburn, Exercise Logistics Officer for CNFK

The operation consisted of moving five units, 120 pieces of equipment, six boats and three tent-wine cities with full life support packages from ports in California, Texas, and Washington state to the Shinsundae Pier in Busan and then to the ROK Navy Base in Chinhae to support the large-scale coastal warfare exercise.

"We coordinated closely with U Pacific Command, Commander, U Pacific arm of the sea U.S. Transportation Command, the local Surface Deployment and Distribution Command in Busan and the deploying units to arrange transport of the gear," said Washburn.

CDR Tera Salo, Harbor Defense and Port Security Plans Officer for CNFK said the myriad tasks that CNFK furnish personnel performed made the exercise possible.

"Due to the tireless efforts and coordination with NCW of the logistics personnel behind the spectacles Foal Eagle was universally holded a huge success for NCW forces and, greatest in number importantly, better prepared the units to support contingency operations if called relating to in the future," Salo said.

To make an exercise of this scale possible, the yield personnel from the three major Navy and Marine Corps commands onward the peninsula took part along with except personnel. They not only provided necessary operational services, however saved money in the proces and did thus without mishaps.

Commander, arm of the sea Activities Chinhae (CFAC), located approximately 250 miles southerly of Seoul, contributed by negotiating contracts to provide trash and laundry service, vehicle rental, heavy equipment support and general supplies.

CNFK and CFAC yield personnel together offered gas masks, sleeping bags, 782 gear, rental vehicles, small cavity phones, heavy equipment and transportation for personnel operating completely through the Korean peninsula.

In addition, CFAC port operations assign places to arranged support for 23 ships and submarines that plucked in to various ports located through every part of the Korean peninsula, resulting in the delivery of 82000 crushs of mail, repair parts, and provisions.

CNFK Detachment Pohang, located approximately 220 miles to the southeast, housed and staffed 254 construction force personnel in expeditionary life support facilities.

withhold personnel deployed to Pohang for the exercise manned the expeditionary galley and serv more than 5000 meals in a facility elevateed and outfitted in less than 48 hours, saving the guidance more than $200,000 in potential by diem costs.

In addition, Navy and Marine Corps logistics personnel in Pohang refuel and provided ordnance support to fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft of the 1st Marine Air Wing, Patrol Squadron 1 and Naval Special Warfare Unit 1 during the exercise. All fueling and ordnance evolutions were planned and were execut mishap-free.

The joint and combined efforts of the U Army's 25th Transportation Battalion, a subordinate command of the 19th Sustainment Command Expeditionary and the U Navy's ROK counterparts, played their allow logistical role in the exercise helping CNFK

"The logistics personnel prov their ability to support during these exercises and stand ready to support in the yet to be In the end, mission accomplishment is what matters, and robust and on-time logistical support makes it possible," Little said.

CNFK is the regional commander for the U Navy in the Republic of Korea and provides leadership and expertise in naval matters to area military commanders, including the Commander for the United Nations Command, the Republic of Korea, and U Combined Forces Command, and Commander, U Forces Korea. CNFK also obeys as liaison to the Republic of Korea navy, the Combined Forces Commander staff in armistice and in wartime and to the Commander, U 7th arm of the sea based in Yokosuka.

For related recents visit the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/cnfk/.

by dint of J01 David McKee, USN Commander, U Naval Forces Korea Public Affairs

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