Key facts
- Rear Adm. Greg Huffman commands the US Naval Education and Training Command.
- Huffman met Vice Adm. Park Kyu-paek, superintendent of the Korea Naval Academy, during the visit.
- Huffman also met Rear Adm. Kim Joon-yup, commander of South Korea's Cruise Training Task Group.
- Huffman said the mission is about recruiting, training, educating and developing sailors.
- South Korean sailors laid a wreath at the Korean War Memorial in Pensacola.
Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, commander of the US Naval Education and Training Command, spoke at a reception aboard South Korea's naval training ship ROKS Hansando at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on October 27, according to a US military report released on Monday, November 9.
"The friendships formed during this voyage are among the most lasting and mutually beneficial investments our alliance can make," Huffman said, according to the report. He added: "Our mission is fundamentally about people - recruiting, training, educating and developing sailors to serve with competence, character and confidence."
During the visit, Huffman met senior South Korean naval officers, including Vice Adm. Park Kyu-paek, superintendent of the Korea Naval Academy, and Rear Adm. Kim Joon-yup, commander of the South Korean Navy's Cruise Training Task Group.
The visit followed exchanges between the two countries' naval education and training commands, including a September 2025 visit to Pensacola by South Korean Vice Adm. Kang Jeong-ho and Huffman's visit to Jinhae, South Korea, in September 2026, where he discussed professional military education and personnel development with South Korean naval officials.
South Korean sailors aboard the Hansando also visited Veterans Memorial Park in Pensacola, where they laid a wreath at the Korean War Memorial to honor those who served in the 1950-53 conflict.