Today’s Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that a planned Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment center has been delayed due to difficulty in the consultation process regarding the preservation of historic properties: The reason for the long delay lies with the VA’s difficulty in navigating the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, and Section 106 of… Read more »
Military ordnance team unable to dispose of canister that closed Hanauma Bay today
According to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, a diver found a military ordnance in Hanauma Bay today, causing officials to close the popular tourist recreational spot. This was where President Obama and his family swam during his winter vacation. Army ordnance disposal technicians failed to blow the canister, which began smoking once exposed to the air. … Read more »
Two updates on Jeju island resistance to military base expansion
MacGregor Eddy writes on Facebook group Save Prof Yang and Sung Hee-Choi of Jeju Island that Professor Yang has been released on June 1 on probation. He had been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days but is now taking food. The South Korea (ROK) is building a Naval base destroying the lovely… Read more »
Army desecrates more Native Hawaiian burials in Lihu’e (Schofield), O’ahu
The Army has desecrated another set of iwi kupuna (Native Hawaiian ancestral human remains) approximately 600 yards from the site of a previous desecration in 2010. Thomas Lenchanko, a lineal descendant of families from the Lihu’e / Kukaniloko area and spokesperson for ‘Aha Kukaniloko has demanded immediate access to the site. The families have told… Read more »
Oahu residents can expect more helicopter noise
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that O’ahu residents should expect more helicopter noise: Some additional helicopter noise is coming the way of residents in the vicinity of H-1 and Moanalua freeways. The Army said it will conduct a new round of training missions Friday through May 24 to the Big Island in preparation for a… Read more »
Army violated Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations regarding Depleted Uranium
The Army appears to have violated Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations by conducting activities to remove and disturb depleted uranium contamination in the Schofield Range on O’ahu. A letter from the NRC to Lieutenant General Rick Lynch, dated 4/5/11 “APPARENT VIOLATION OF U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATIONS AND REQUEST FOR PREDECISIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE” states: On March… Read more »
Lines between intelligence and military functions becoming blurred
The New York Times reports that President Obama will announce that Leon Panetta, director of the CIA, will replace Robert Gates has Secretary of Defense, and that General David Petreaus will become director of the CIA. But this trend towards the blending of intelligence and military functions is moving into dangerous territory where it is… Read more »
Return of US forces to Subic possible
When you cut off a tentacle of a he’e (octopus), the severed arm grows back. Such is the case with the monstrous octopus of the U.S. military in the Asia-Pacific region. With the U.S. bases in Hawai’i as the head of this he’e, its tentacles are grasping Okinawa, Guam, Korea, Japan, the Marshall Islands, and… Read more »
Public may observe NRC conference re: Army possession of depleted uranium w/o license
Mahalo to Cory Harden of the Sierra Club Moku Loa Chapter for this information about a Nuclear Regulatory Commission predecisional enforcement conference regarding the apparent Army possession of depleted uranium without a license. Download Meeting Notice here. The public can observe via toll free number and the internet: Interested members of the public can participate… Read more »
Waikele gulch explosion: land use violations cited by City
The recent explosion and death of five workers in the Waikele tunnels involved activities that violated City zoning laws. On his recent radio program Carroll Cox discussed a Notice of Violation of preservation land issued by the City and County of Honolulu against Ford Island Ventures: The second hour Carroll talks about Waikele Caves with… Read more »
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