Monthly Archives: September 2009

UH Study Shows Thousands of Weapons Buried at Sea

UH Study Shows Thousands of Weapons Buried at Sea Reported by: Gina Mangieri Email: gmangieri@khon2.com Last Update: 9/25 7:46 pm A U.H. study of weapons buried at sea decades ago is yielding interesting results both for what is and is not being found. Army records say within miles of Oahu’s coast 16,000 chemical munitions were… Read more »

Army to discharge Ehren Watada next month

Army to discharge Ehren Watada next month By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 04:10 p.m. HST, Sep 25, 2009 First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war, has won his three-year legal battle with the Army. With little fanfare, the Army at… Read more »

Resources on U.N. Security Council resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation

This website has links to many documents related to the U.N. Security Council resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. GSI E-Alert Extraordinary Week at the United Nations Dear friends, This has been an historic week at the United Nations. The US President chairing a summit of the Security Council and its adoption of a far… Read more »

Understanding Obama’s U.N. Agenda

Joseph Gerson posted this analysis of President Obama’s speech and resolution adopted at the athe U.N. Security Council on nuclear disarmament. >><< Friends, As we are making sense of the President Obama’s speech and the resolution adopted yesterday in the U.N. Security Council, as well as today’s focus on Iran’s covert enrichment facility, among other… Read more »

Navy wraps up $40 million in repairs to Port Royal

Navy wraps up $40 million in repairs to Port Royal Source: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090924/BREAKING01/90924066/Navy+wraps+up++40+million+in+repairs+to+Port+Royal Updated at 5:05 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2009 By William Cole Advertiser Military Writer Workers at the Pearl Harbor shipyard undocked the cruiser Port Royal today as the Navy wraps up nearly $40 million in repairs – a milestone in the warship’s return… Read more »

Guam measure sets up conflict

Source: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090924/NEWS21/909240327/Guam+measure+sets+up+conflict Posted on: Thursday, September 24, 2009 Guam measure sets up conflict By JOHN YAUKEY Advertiser Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – Sen. Daniel K. Inouye and Rep. Neil Abercrombie appear headed for a clash over Pentagon plans to move thousands of Marines from Japan to Guam, an issue that could surface in Abercrombie’s run for… Read more »

‘Man, these guys are like rock stars.’

How militarized are we? David A Carlson/FARRINGTON/HIDOE 09/23/2009 01:03 PM To FHS All Staff cc Subject  Fw: United States Air Force Drill Performance at Farrington Thursday 24 Sep during lunch Hello everyone, The US Air Force Drill Team from Washington, DC will visit Farrington tomorrow (Thursday) 24 Sep 2009 and perform on the Front Lawn… Read more »

Security Spending Primer: Getting Smart About The Pentagon Budget

Security Spending Primer: Getting Smart About The Pentagon Budget How do people influence federal spending decisions and stop fighting over smaller and smaller “slices of the budgetary pie”? What will make our nation more secure? National Priorities Project is proud to release the Security Spending Primer: Getting Smart About The Pentagon Budget. (PDF Document) This… Read more »

$70 million awarded for Waikoloa ordnance cleanup

Source: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090923/BREAKING01/90923043/+$70+million+contract+awarded+for+Big+Island+ordnance+removal+ Updated at 9:18 a.m., Wednesday, September 23, 2009 $70 million contract awarded for Big Island ordnance removal By Jason Armstrong West Hawaii Today A Honolulu company will be paid $70 million to remove more unexploded artillery shells, grenades and other World War II ordnance from old training sites near Waimea on the Big… Read more »