Far East Hails

Army Gen. B.B. Bell, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces, Korea, along with Gen. Kwan Jin Kim, Republic of Korea's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited container/roll-on roll-off ship MV 1st Lt. Alex Bonnyman off Guam in April.

Hosted by Bonnyman's master Capt. Thomas Tankersly and Navy Capt. Dennis O'Meara, commander of Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three, Bell and Kim toured the ship and received a briefing on MPS Squadron Three's mission and operational capability.

"Your support enables us to rapidly build combat power if political-military events dictate the employment of additional forces to the Korean area of operations," Bell wrote in a personal message to both O'Meara and Tankersly.

During a familiarization visit to Singapore, Frank R. Jimenez, General Counsel of the Navy, paid a courtesy visit to Sealift Logistics Command, Far East, meeting with SEALOGFE Commander, Navy Capt. Susan Dunlap and Command Counsel, Lis Young. Margaret Leclair, U.S. Transportation Command's deputy director for plans and programs, visited SEALOGFE headquarters April 28. Leclaire met with Dunlap, who briefed Leclair on the command's mission and current operations.

In recognition of the ship's support to the tsunami that struck the Solomon Islands in early April, Leslie V. Rowe, U.S. Ambassador to Papua, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu sent container/roll-on roll-off ship USNS GYSGT Fred W. Stockham's master Capt. Perry Seyler a ‘bravo zulu.'

Rowe also recognized Stockham for the rescue of crew members from a stricken Taiwanese cargo vessel.

"The robust and unique capabilities of the Stockham were in exactly the right place at exactly the right time," said Rowe.

Dunlap and the staff of Sealift Logistics Command, Far East congratulates Chief Staff Officer Navy Cmdr. Nannette Roberts on her selection for promotion to captain.