President-elect Obama has pledged to cut military spending, to favor diplomacy over warfare, and yet he has pledged to “maintain the most powerful military on the planet” and to increase the armed forces by some 90,000 soldiers. Which is it? Here’s a good piece for thought from Foreign Policy in Focus. http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5757 Guns, Butter, and… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2008
Soldier suspected of attempted murder of 5 month old girl
From: Honoluluadvertiser.com Posted on: Thursday, December 18, 2008 Military man, 20, held in attempted-murder probe Advertiser Staff A 20-year-old Army man identified yesterday as a suspect in a Honolulu police attempted-murder investigation is being held by the Schofield Barracks provost marshal following his arrest. The investigation involves critical injuries suffered by a 5-month-old girl on… Read more »
Federal guard, Army medic die in accident
Federal guard, medic die in Nimitz double fatality By Leila Fujimori POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 18, 2008 When Gregg Gurtiza of Salt Lake failed to arrive home late Tuesday night, his parents were not concerned. Merlin and Karen Gurtiza of Salt Lake thought their youngest of four children had worked a double shift as… Read more »
Military backed convicted domestic violence felon
Source:http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081218/SPECIALS/812180371/-1/SPECIALS&template=domesticviolence_story Posted on: Thursday, December 18, 2008 Army backed domestic-violence felon By Rob Perez Advertiser Staff Writer In the Hawai’i Army National Guard, a felony conviction usually is enough to get a citizen soldier kicked out of the military. But when Guard member Ernie Gomez was convicted of a felony in 2005 for terrorizing his… Read more »
Military Domestic Violence a ‘big-time problem’
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081218/SPECIALS/812180372/-1/SPECIALS&template=domesticviolence_story Posted on: Thursday, December 18, 2008 Domestic violence in military might be bigger problem than Hawaii statistics suggest Many see violence against military wives as a ‘big-time problem,’ but official statistics tell different story By Rob Perez Advertiser Staff Writer Sitting at a Windward O’ahu spouse abuse shelter, thousands of miles from her alleged… Read more »
DNA links soldier to unsolved sex assault
Schofield soldier Mark Heath was arrested in 2007 for allegedly breaking into a UH dorm and stealing an iPod and panties from a female student. Investigators suspected him of committing an earlier rape. See the Star Bulletin story from 2007: http://starbulletin.com/2007/11/28/news/story05.html Now the DNA confirms he was the rapist. Here’s the story from the… Read more »
Case grows against sex assailant
Case grows against sex assailant DNA links Mark Heath to an unsolved crime that occurred in 2007 By Gene Park POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 18, 2008 A man who has already pleaded guilty to burglary and sexual assault at the University of Hawaii at Manoa pleaded no contest yesterday to another sexual assault case…. Read more »
Two killed in collision near airport
Honoluluadvertiser.com December 17, 2008 Two killed in collision near Honolulu Airport Advertiser Staff Two men were killed early today when a speeding motorcycle broadsided a car near Honolulu International Airport, according to police vehicular homicide investigators. The horrific impact of the 12:45 a.m. collision at the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Camp Catlin Road left… Read more »
Soldier on motorcycle crashes into car, 2 dead
Motorcycle and Car Flip, 2 Killed Written by Tim Sakahara – tsakahara@kgmb9.com December 17, 2008 05:06 PM The crash happened at 12:45 Wednesday morning. One man involved lived in Salt Lake. The other is a soldier from Florida. It’s one of the worst crashes police have seen in a while. The Nissan Altima was town… Read more »
Remembering the Massie Case
Someone posted this op ed about the Massie incident from a few years ago on a listserve. It’s a sobering reminder of the oppressive conditions Hawai’i endured under US occupation. >><< Posted on: Sunday, October 14, 2001 Focus The Massie case: Injustice and courage By David Stannard Seventy years ago last month, in the pre-dawn… Read more »
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