The U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, expressed cautious optimism about the state of relations between the two countries during a webinar hosted Thursday by the East-West Center in Manoa. Read more
The last known Pearl Harbor attack survivor living in Hawaii was laid to rest Thursday alongside his late wife at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe. Read more
After months of work, on Wednesday the military task force charged with removing the fuel from the Navy’s underground Red Hill storage facility announced it had extracted the last of the “accessible residual fuel” from the facility. Read more
The Navy announced this week that it will continue monitoring its Oahu water system, which serves 93,000 people, for the next year after a surge in complaints about water and air quality in homes on the military waterline. Read more
Competition over dwindling fish resources has led to international tensions, and in some cases clashes in places like the South China Sea, once one of the world’s most plentiful fishing grounds that has now been depleted almost to collapse. Read more
The German military is planning a series of deployments to the Pacific this summer, and is looking at possibly setting up a permanent military liaison position in Hawaii at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command as it refines its regional strategy. Read more
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The nearly 40-year-old U.S. Coast Guard ship arrived in Hawaii in December after undergoing over a year’s worth of renovations at a Baltimore shipyard. Read more
Behind the scenes, Christine Ahn and Dan Leaf have used their contacts across the worlds of politics, defense and diplomacy to lobby American officials and facilitate back channel talks with North Korean officials. Read more
Just before Christmas, commanders hailed the departure of the Yosemite Trader — a commercial ship carrying the last shipment of “usable” fuel from Red Hill — as it sailed from Pearl Harbor bound for Subic Bay. Read more
During a visit to Hawaii this week, the U.S. ambassadors to Japan and South Korea — who have had very different careers — gave a talk to students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Read more
Last week during a visit to Honolulu, former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that as American leaders talk about U.S. strategy in the Pacific, they should have more of those conversations in the Pacific. Read more
Federal officials were absent when members of the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative met Thursday at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for an update from the military and the Environmental Protection Agency on ongoing efforts to close the Red Hill fuel storage facility and water testing on the Navy waterline. Read more
Ongoing attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea by Houthi militants from Yemen are causing ripples here in the Pacific. Read more
Eight Hawaii National Guard soldiers will deploy to West Africa in support of Operation Juniper Shield, a long-running counterterrorism mission in the region. Read more
The Navy is requesting permission for the installation and maintenance of mine training areas off Hawaii and Southern California. Read more
This month Honolulu think tank Pacific Forum is hosting a defense conference on Oahu that will bring together 200 speakers from across the globe, including current and former senior government leaders, military officials, academics and defense industry executives. Read more
A local veteran is trying to spread the word about mental health and living better through a weekly podcast. Read more
As the defueling of the Red Hill fuel facility enters its final stages and the Navy prepares for a long cleanup and closure process, the U.S. military is looking at how it will support its vast Indo-Pacific operations without it. Read more
The first officer to commission from University of Hawaii’s new Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program will serve aboard a Pearl Harbor-based warship for her first assignment. Read more
The Navy waterline serves 93,000 people, including service members, military families and local civilians living in former military housing areas. Read more
The Yosemite Trader sailed out to the Pacific bound for the Philippines — one of several locations the military has been using to redistribute the more than 104 million gallons of fuel that sat in tanks just 100 feet above a critical aquifer. Read more
