COMMANDER, NAVAL SURFACE FORCES, VICE ADMIRAL TOM COPEMAN SPOKE ON THE FUTURE OF THE NAVY'S
ASIA-PACIFIC RE-BALANCE AT THE SEA-AIR SPACE EXPOSITION APRIL 9TH.
COPEMAN TALKED ABOUT THE ASIA-PACIFIC PIVOT AND THE NAVY'S PRESENCE IN THE FUTURE.
"THE PIVOT TO THE PACIFIC HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SOME YEARS IN THE SURFACE FORCE, AND WE'RE
AT ABOUT 56% OR SO OF THE SURFACE FORCES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SHIFTED TO THE PACIFIC HAVE
ALREADY DONE SO.
AND I THINK IN ABOUT THREE YEARS, WE'LL BE UP TO THE MANDATED 60% OF THE SURFACE FORCES
WILL BE BASED IN THE PACIFIC, EITHER IN SAN DIEGO, PEARL HARBOR, EVERETT OR JAPAN."
COPEMAN ADDED WHEN SAILORS TAKE IN LINES FROM ANY PIER AROUND THE FLEET, OR WHERE EVER THEY'RE
STATIONED OVERSEAS, THEY MUST BE READY TO DO EVERYTHING.
FROM THE DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY, I'M PETTY OFFICER AMARA TIMBERLAKE.