Commander, Submarine Force Pacific Fleet Hosts Eighth Annual Asia-Pacific Submarine Conference
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS081002-06
Release Date: 10/2/2008 3:53:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW) Cynthia Clark, Commander, Submarine Force Public Affairs
WAIKIKI, Hawaii (NNS) -- Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) hosted 13 nations for the Eighth Annual Asia-Pacific Submarine Conference (APSC) Sept. 23-25 in Waikiki.
The APSC is designed to enhance regional cooperation and develop relationships among Asia-Pacific submarine operators, focusing on submarine escape and rescue.
For the first time in the history of the APSC, Peru participated in the annual conference along with the more than 40 participants from nations such as Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States.
According to Chet Young, COMSUBPAC plans and policy officer, "this was a valuable forum where the U.S. and other regional nations could discuss submarine rescue issues as well as establish partnerships and agreements."
Submarine rescue training has been at the forefront of naval submarine training with exercises like Pacific Reach and Bold Monarch, which most of the countries represented at this year's APSC as well as China, Colombia, India, Pakistan and Russia. Aside from Honolulu, the APSC was held in Fremantle, Australia, in 2004 and Yokosuka, Japan, in 2006.
Singapore is scheduled to host the conference in 2009.
For more news from Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/subpac/.
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