This year at the biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific — the world’s largest naval exercise — the German navy has dispatched ships to participate for the first time as Berlin begins putting its ambitious new Pacific strategy into action. Read more
At this year’s Exercise Rim of the Pacific, the U.S. military is putting a major emphasis on logistics and new technology as it looks at operations across the Pacific. Read more
The Coast Guard is slated to continue solidifying its Pacific footprint with new funds from Congress as the service plays an increasingly prominent role in Washington’s regional strategy. Read more
The San Diego-based Carl Vinson is the flagship of the U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 1, and will play a central role in the exercise as participating forces learn to work together. Read more
The biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise, the world’s largest recurring naval warfare exercise, kicked off in Hawaii this week as warships, aircraft and personnel from 29 countries gathered in the islands. Read more
Hawaii-based Army units are continuing to play a central role in U.S.- Philippine relations as tensions mount between China and the Philippines. Read more
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The proposed military spending in Hawaii comes as the mood in the Pacific is tense. Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency is making moves to disband the elected community advisory board it established as part of a federal consent decree regarding the closure of the Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility. Read more
The latest draft of Congress’ annual military spending bill includes several Hawaii-centric provisions, including calls for the military to work with the state to track and eradicate invasive species across island lands it controls as well as a pilot program to develop an advanced manufacturing facility in Hawaii to support military operations in the region. Read more
Leases begin expiring in 2029 at Kahuku Training Area, Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area and Makua Military Reservation. Read more
U.S. Army Pacific has bestowed its Mana O Ke Koa Award on Jennifer Sabas, who served as chief of staff for the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye and who now is an influential lobbyist and consultant. Read more
The Marine Corps Puuloa Range Training Facility in Ewa Beach has been in continuous operation for more than a century. Read more
Some residents are nervous about potential health and enviromental risks as the ventilation plan moves forward. Read more
U.S. Navy Region Hawaii and Hawaiian Telcom are touting the completion of a joint project that put the largest fiber-optic cable ever installed in Hawaii beneath Pearl Harbor. Running underground, the cable creates a direct link between urban Honolulu and West Oahu. Read more
Pearl Harbor attack survivor Herbert Elfring died Saturday in Michigan at age 102. Read more
Trainees from Japan’s Coast Guard Academy are in Hawaii as part of a training cruise that is taking them across the Pacific. Read more
Over the course of his military career, he deployed three times to the Middle East and was involved in responding to floods and volcanic eruptions in Hawaii. Read more
A recent investigation by the state Department of Health into the Navy’s Oahu drinking water system found no petroleum or jet fuel compounds in drinking water samples collected in February but did not rule out the possibility of residual fuel in the system after fuel from the Navy’s Red Hill storage facility contaminated it in November 2021. Read more
The U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet is gearing up for the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise — better known as RIMPAC — set to begin next month. Read more
Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of a deadly — and often forgotten — disaster in Hawaii that prompted major reforms in the U.S. military. Read more
By 10:15 a.m. Friday, the National Weather Service said, the Wahiawa Reservoir was just above 82 feet — 2 feet short of the “flood stage,” which would have prompted authorities to call for evacuations of nearby areas. Read more
