This essay from the Honolulu Advertiser blog by Shad Kane gives a history and cultural interpretation of Ke awa lau o Pu’uloa (aka Pearl Harbor). >><< http://culturalkapolei.honadvblogs.com/2008/12/01/pu%E2%80%99uloa-where-once-there-was-life%E2%80%A6/ Pu’uloa: Where Once There Was Life… December 1st, 2008 by Shad Aia i Keawalauopu’uloa he kai hāuliuli ….. ‘o neia lā he pōuliuli There at Pu’uloa the sea… Read more »
Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security
Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security By Spencer S. Hsu and Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, December 1, 2008; A01 The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other… Read more »
Department of Defense seeks to better manage Kanaka Maoli
Source: http://honoluluweekly.com/feature/2008/11/the-kanaka-protocols/ The kanaka protocols OHA and the Defense department are finding ways to work together. Not everyone approves. Adrienne LaFrance Nov 26, 2008 | Bookmark and Share It was just two years ago that a senior official at the Department of Defense started asking questions about what protocol his department-or any military installation-should follow… Read more »
Breaking the Spell
Katy Rose, a fantastic organizer from Kaua’i posted a great article on her blog “Breaking the Spell” about a recent visit to O’ahu where she came out to support the Kahana valley residents resisting eviction and visited with Wai’anae residents who are dealing with an onslaught of environmental injustices. http://towardfreedom.blogspot.com/2008/10/kahana-families-need-our-support.html
Government pays family $800,000 over Tripler suicide
November 5, 2008 Government pays family $800,000 over Tripler suicide Advertiser Staff The federal government has paid $800,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a suicidal Air Force veteran who jumped to his death from Tripler Army Medical Center after his pleas to be admitted went unheeded, the family’s attorney said today…. Read more »
One in seven female soldiers sexually harassed or assaulted
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-harass28-2008oct28,0,7238888.story Sexual abuse rates of deployed female soldiers detailed in study One in seven asked by the VA said they had been harassed or assaulted during their military service. They are more likely to suffer from PTSD and substance abuse than others. By Thomas H. Maugh II October 28, 2008 One in seven female soldiers… Read more »
Kaneohe Marine arrested for burglary, auto theft
Posted at 11:27 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Kaneohe Marine accused of burglary, auto theft Advertiser Staff A 19-year-old Marine based at Kane’ohe was charged yesterday with multiple offenses stemming from an alleged burglary early Sunday in Kaka’ako. Joseph Striegel was charged with second-degree burglary, first-degree criminal property damage, auto theft, leaving the scene of… Read more »
100 attend hearing on Army’s Makua use
100 attend hearing on Army’s Makua use By Leila Fujimori POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 07, 2008 Thirteen-year-old Kauhi Maunakea-Forth says the Army’s live-fire training is “kind of like sad that they’re doing that to our land” because of cultural sites at Makua Valley. MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS Other public meetings on the Army’s supplemental environmental… Read more »
McCain Picks Tailhook Sexual Harassment Scandal Vet To Oversee Transition
John Lehman, owner and president of Hawaii Superferry, neocon affiliate of the Project for the New American Century, participated in Tailhook sex assault scandal while Sec. of Navy under Reagan. >><< http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/10/10403_mccain_lehman_transition_tailhook.html McCain Picks Tailhook Sexual Harassment Scandal Vet To Oversee Transition On October 29, 1991, Senator John McCain went to the floor of the… Read more »
Militarization of UH: New Homeland Security Center
Interesting note: The press release mentions Jay Cohen, Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Dept of Homeland Security, as a key official behind this CIMES. He’s a retired admiral who headed up the Office of Naval Research during the development of the Project Kai’e’e / UARC scandal. He nominated UH to become a UARC and… Read more »
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