March 1 , 2010, Fort Shafter, Hawaii – CellTrust Will Be At The Hawaii Technology Event Series 2010 United States Army Pacific (USARPAC)/Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)

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March 1 , 2010, Fort Shafter, Hawaii

CellTrust will be engaging government technologist across a number of organizations based in Hawaii as part of the 2010 Technology Event Series. SecureSMS featuring government grade encryption will take center stage.

General Information

The Fort Shafter Expo is Day 1 of a week-long Hawaii Expo Series, traveling to five military bases in five days. Fort Shafter is the focal point for command, control, and support of Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region. This post houses the senior Army headquarters leadership in Hawaii and is home to the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific Command (USARPAC).

USARPAC is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) of the United States Army and is the army component unit of the U.S. Pacific Command, except for units in Korea. The main areas that this command has jurisdiction in include Hawaii, Alaska, the Pacific Ocean, and Japan. As the Army Service Component Command to U.S. Pacific Command, USARPAC provides forces, commands assigned forces, and enables full spectrum operations to deter aggression, advance regional security/cooperation, respond to crisis, and fight to win. On order, USARPAC provides command and control for small scale contingency operations or serves as Combined or Joint Headquarters to support Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief and peacekeeping operations.

This expo is being produced with support from the 516th Signal Brigade. The 516th Signal Brigade is a forward based major subordinate operations and maintenance command of the 311th Signal Command, also Headquartered at Fort Shafter. The Brigade supports the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC). The Brigade has five signal battalions, located in Alaska, Hawaii, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, Japan. The 311th and Brigade family are affectionately known throughout the Pacific Theater as “Team Signal.” The 516th Signal Brigade’s motto is “Voice of the Pacific”.

Other tenant units include the Expeditionary Contracting Command, U.S. Army Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Pacific Ocean Division, Army Corps of Engineers, 8th Theater Sustainment Command and the 196th Infantry Brigade.

FBC will also invite Information Management Officers’ and IT personnel from Tripler Army Medical Center, and the Army Reserve Center at Shafter Flats. Tripler is the largest military medical treatment facility in the Pacific Basin.