Posts Categorized: O’ahu

Lind: Hearing next week on challenge to Army license for depleted uranium

Posted by https://www.dmzhawaii.org/?author=3 & filed under Hawai'i, O'ahu.

http://ilind.net/2010/01/06/hearing-next-week-on-challenge-to-army-license-for-depleted-uranium/ Hearing next week on challenge to Army license for depleted uranium January 6th, 2010 The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, an agency of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will hold a hearing next week on challenges filed by four Hawaii residents to an Army license to possess depleted uranium at Schofield Barracks on Oahu and… Read more »

Schofield Barracks soldier arrested in Kahala store robbery

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http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100107/BREAKING01/100107029/Schofield+Barracks+soldier+arrested+in+Kahala+store+robbery Updated at 10:38 a.m., Thursday, January 7, 2010 Schofield Barracks soldier arrested in Kahala store robbery Advertiser Staff A 22-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier was arrested yesterday in connection with an early-morning robbery of a convenience store in Kahala. An employee told police the man entered the store at 12:43 a.m., pulled out a knife,… Read more »

Mosquitoes of Makua

Posted by https://www.dmzhawaii.org/?author=3 & filed under DMZ-Hawai'i / Aloha 'Aina In the News, O'ahu.

War of the small, War of the flea, Where the strongest bomb is human Who is bursting to be free. The moon will be my lantern, And my heart will find the way To sow the seeds of courage That will blossom into day, To blossom up a garden So green before they came, Our… Read more »

Army wants to use Makua for counterinsurgency training

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So here is the Army’s counterinsurgency plan for Makua.   They will be “lessening” the impact, moving “storm the hill” type training to Pohakuloa and changing the training to traditional infantry live fire training and roadside bomb detection.  Meanwhile they have tried to win support from the Wai’anae community.  They plan to return to training as… Read more »

Security kept Obama close to marine base, on stolen Hawaiian land

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Military occupation of Mokapu means the president gets a beautiful, secure playground for his visit to Hawai’i.  But the story fails to address the fact that the military forcibly seized this land during WWII, much of it ancestral Hawaiian lands and national lands of the Hawaiian Kingdom.   More than two thousand Hawaiian iwi kupuna (ancestral… Read more »

Protests follow Obama in Hawai’i

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President Obama arrived in Hawai’i on Thursday for his winter vacation.  Security has been intense, including. as reported in the Honolulu Star Bulletin, a security zone that extended into the sea, blocking a favorite surf spot “Castles”: Bob Ashton, a local resident and surfer, said the Coast Guard was not letting anyone surf Thursday past… Read more »

Anthropology Association Condemns Work with U.S. Counterinsurgency

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The following article discusses the American Anthropological Association’s condemnation of anthropologists collaborating with military missions such as the Human Terrain System.   Applying anthropological knowledge to counterinsurgency missions is incompatible with the ethics of the profession. The Army public relations campaign regarding training in Makua valley is designed along the lines of counterinsurgency campaign.  The point… Read more »

Army public relations offensive with student tours at Makua

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The Army is going on the public relations offensive by taking groups into Makua valley for tours of the cultural and natural resources of the valley.    Undoubtedly, their spin is that Army training and protection of cultural and natural resources are compatible and successful in Makua.   I’ll bet that they don’t tell the students that… Read more »

Protest the War, Torture and Militarism at Obama’s Kailua vacation getaway

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World Can’t Wait and other peace groups are calling for a demonstration near President Obama’s winter vacation site in Kailua, O’ahu: Spread the Word! Tell Obama what’s on YOUR mind! Speak Out Against War, Torture and Militarism! Saturday, December 26 10am President Obama is scheduled to arrive in Hawai`i on December 23rd and will be… Read more »

Pearl Harbor warships dressed up for Christmas

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Something is wrong with this picture.  Boatloads of visitors viewing warships decorated for Christmas.   How militarized are we? >><< http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091218/BREAKING01/91218028/Free+Pearl+Harbor+boat+tours+offered Friday, December 18, 2009 Free Pearl Harbor boat tours offered Advertiser Staff The U.S. Navy and National Park Service said they will be offering free evening boat tours of Pearl Harbor that are open to… Read more »