The Honolulu Advertiser editorialized that perhaps Hawai’i should reconsider its ban on nuclear power since the Navy continues to violate Hawai’i’s constitution by bringing nuclear powered ships and nuclear weapons into our waters and ports. Crazy. We almost had a nuclear catastrophe in port when a fire aboard the USS Sargo nearly caused a meltdown… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2009
Unexploded munitions removed from Manana
HonoluluAdvertiser.com January 10, 2009 Munitions removed from Rabbit Island Advertiser Staff A crew of wildlife and mammal experts along with ordnance disposal specialists from state and federal agencies removed four unexploded artillery shells on Friday that were found on Manana (Rabbit) Island last month. The ordnance is deemed hazardous to the island’s natural resources and… Read more »
Call for Hawaiian Constitutional Convention
http://www.lahainanews.com/story.aspx?id=9867 The Lahaina News Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:33 AM Facing major challenges, Hawaiians call for Constitutional Convention BY LOUISE ROCKETT LAHAINA – E Onipaa Kakou (Let us all be steadfast). These simple but powerful words of the proud and wise last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani, echo through the years, calling… Read more »
Hawai’i to become hub for new nuclear submarines
January 9, 2009 Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor to become hub for new nuclear subs Virginia-class vessels likely to mean hiring hundreds more workers By William Cole Advertiser Military Writer Two-thirds of the Navy’s new Virginia-class submarines initially will be based at Pearl Harbor, making Hawai’i the main hub for the advanced attack submarines, Navy officials said… Read more »
EPA may still regulate perchlorate rocket fuel contamination
According to an article in the Seattle PI, the EPA is revisiting its decision to not regulate perchlorate contamination in drinking water. The article states: The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a second look at its decision not to limit the amount of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient allowed in drinking water. Late last year,… Read more »
No military honors for PTSD sufferers
January 8, 2009 Purple Heart Is Ruled Out for Traumatic Stress By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and ERIK ECKHOLM The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a… Read more »
“Our government was one big pimp for the U.S. military”
January 8, 2009 Ex-Prostitutes Say South Korea and U.S. Enabled Sex Trade Near Bases By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea has railed for years against the Japanese government’s waffling over how much responsibility it bears for one of the ugliest chapters in its wartime history: the enslavement of women from Korea and… Read more »
Military travelers increase despite tourism downturn
Friday, January 2, 2009 | Modified: Monday, January 5, 2009, 12:00am Vacationers stay home but military visitors keep coming to Hawaii Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Chad Blair Pacific Business News Joseph Yip, a U.S. Army warrant officer, checked into the Hale Koa Hotel on Monday, two days before New Year’s Eve. He was… Read more »
“An Acceptable Presence”: The New US Basing Structure in the Philippines
“An Acceptable Presence”: The New US Basing Structure in the Philippines By Herbert Docena * Sixteen years ago, the Philippine Senate made the historic vote to shut down what American analysts once described as “probably the most important basing complex in the world” — the US military bases in Subic and Clark, along with other… Read more »
Schofield solder killed in Iraq
January 6, 2009 Schofield soldier, 20, killed in Iraq Pfc. Christopher Lotter of Pennsylvania joined Army just a year ago By William Cole Advertiser Military Writer A 20-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier who joined the Army just a year ago has been killed in Iraq, the Pentagon said yesterday. Pfc. Christopher W. Lotter, of Chester Heights,… Read more »
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