{"id":96163,"date":"2024-01-22T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=96163"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:31:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T19:31:04","slug":"commander-naval-forces-korea-begins-contruction-on-new-headquarters-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=96163","title":{"rendered":"Commander, Naval Forces Korea Begins Contruction on New Headquarters Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The purpose of the new building is to expand CNFK\u2019s administrative and operational capabilities, allowing it to better achieve its mission of fostering a strong and productive relationship with CRF and the ROK Navy, as well as enable U.S naval forces to \u201cFight tonight,\u201d in the Korea area of operations (KAO), should the need arise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2015, Admiral Byrne moved to Busan and realized the strength of CNFK and ROK Fleet working side-by-side,\u201d said CNFK Commander, Rdml. Mark Schafer, in an address to the event\u2019s attendees, \u201cWith support from CRF, all of CNFK moved to Busan. Now, each ACOS [Assistant Chief of Staff] can meet face-to-face with their counterpart. This building is the final step to bring the full brunt of CNFK to our 70-year alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new building will be substantially larger than the current building and will feature a number of quality-of-life improvements on top of its operational and administrative spaces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project will construct a two-story facility at approximately 33,000 square feet, to support U.S military personnel and civilian staff, from Commander Naval Forces Korea,\u201d Said FED Project manager, Mr. Robert Zhang, \u201cThe new facility will be three times the size of the current CNFK building and provides operational, administrative spaces along with new storage and a fitness center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of these quality-of-life amenities are part of CNFK\u2019s commitment to its Sailors and its mission to be the assignment of choice for any Sailor picking new orders.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is scheduled to be completed February 1, 2025. After the new building\u2019s completion, the current CNFK Headquarters the current will continue to be utilized by CNFK to support joint and combined naval operations across the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>CNFK proudly celebrates its 70 year alliance with our ROKN partners, continuing to foster an enduring relationship of mutual respect and working together to temper combined maritime warfighting capability, interoperability, and readiness that has spanned generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The purpose of the new building is to expand CNFK\u2019s administrative and operational capabilities, allowing it to better achieve its mission of fostering a strong and productive relationship with CRF and the ROK Navy, as well as enable U.S naval forces to \u201cFight tonight,\u201d in the Korea area of operations (KAO), should the need arise. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96165,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96163\/revisions\/96165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}