Brooks Baehr reports on Hawaii News Now that the fatal Marine Corps helicopter crash in Kaneʻohe Bay in March, resulted in radioactive Strontium 90 leaking into the bay. But the Marines never notified anyone, not even the State Department of Health. Meanwhile, Hawaii News Now reports that a missile defense test failed to hit its… Read more »
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Another military domestic violence case?
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that: A 32-year-old Ewa Beach man was arrested Friday for beating his wife over the course of several months, police said. The woman, 23, told police the man since January had subjected her to several episodes of assaults, at all hours, including choking her and injuring her with an undisclosed… Read more »
Kaneʻohe Marine kills self after hazing by fellow Marines
Marine Times reports: One Marine faces court-martial and another faces non-judicial punishment for allegedly hazing a lance corporal who killed himself in Afghanistan, according to a military investigation report obtained by Marine Corps Times. Lance Cpl. Harry Lew, 21, killed himself with a two- or three-round burst from an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon early April… Read more »
Will Jeju become another ‘Pearl Harbor’?
There have been several articles about Jeju referencing the cost of militarization and war to Hawai’i and Ke Awalau o Pu’uloa (Pearl Harbor). One letter to the editor published in the Jeju Weekly states: An American Jeju? Sunday, August 14, 2011, 03:15:11 To the editor, Jeju Island, fondly referred to as “Korea’s Hawaii,” has more… Read more »
Air Force space war facility breaks ground in Lualualei
The Air Force recently broke ground on a new radar facility at Lualualei, part of its global RAIDRS system. It is another link in the space war network. http://www.hookelenews.com/air-force-space-command-breaks-ground-on-raidrs-program/ Air Force Space Command breaks ground on RAIDRS program Ho’okele Staff | Aug 05, 2011 Capt. Lawrence Scruggs, chief staff officer of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam;… Read more »
Army finishes ordnance clearing off Waianae coast
The AP reports that the army completed a demonstration project to remove underwater unexploded ordnance from “ordnance reef” off the Wai’anae coast using unmanned underwater vehicles: The Army said Friday it recovered 74 pieces of decades-old exploded ordnance from the ocean floor off Oahu’s Waianae coast during a three-week effort to clear out most of… Read more »
Army has no plans for live fire in Makua
The new commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific may be softening his position with regard to live fire training in Makua. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: There may be no Army live-fire training in Makua Valley for years to come, and possibly never again, the new commanding general of the U.S. Army in the… Read more »
Ka La Ho’iho’i Ea 2011
From http://www.facebook.com/lahoihoiea: We encourage the observance and celebration of La Ho’iho’i Ea everywhere Hawaiians tread the ‘AINA… Please join us, Sunday July 31st 2011 ( @ Thomas Square in Honolulu), to celebrate and honor our ancestors, our history, our sovereignty and our unending fight for justice. La Ho‘iho‘i Ea, celebrated from 1843 to 1893, commemorates… Read more »
Kailua man admits aiding Marine to launder bribes
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: A 40-year-old Kailua man admitted in federal court Friday that he helped a Marine Corps sergeant launder bribery money from military contractors in Iraq. “A friend of mine was getting bribes. I was helping him conceal the bribes,” Francisco Mungia III said. […] The government said Mungia received about $150,000… Read more »
Raptor wings clipped after Alaska crash
Here is another military expansion project in Hawai’i. Senator Inouye’s strategy has been to pack as much construction and long-term capital improvements into the military budget for Hawai’i as a way to prolong the military’s presence and his influence over the shape of Hawai’i’s future long after he is gone. It’s about his legacy. The… Read more »
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