Desiree Taimanglo Ventura, who writes the Drowning Mermaid blog about life on U.S.-occupied Guahan / Guam, posted a vivid account of a few of her everyday encounters with foreigners as an indigenous Chamorro woman. One is an insulting exchange between several U.S. military personnel and herself that reveals the often overlooked racial and sexual politics… Read more »
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Navy Criminal Investigation files related to Project Kai e’e / UH Applied Research Laboratory now posted online
The DMZ-Hawai’i / Aloha ‘Aina website has posted documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS). The documents are from the NCIS investigation of alleged fraud, abuse and mismanagement of government grants and contracts and involving the University of Hawai’i / Research Corporation of the University of… Read more »
Air base expansion plans reflect long-term occupation of Afghanistan
The Washington Post reported that despite promises by the Obama Administration that the war in Afghanistan will end, U.S. investment in base expansion signal the opposite intention: a long-term military presence. This is similar to the reports of the 50,000 troops left behind in Iraq along with the thousands of mercenaries hired to provide security… Read more »
Who pulled Conley’s trigger? – Violent Cases In Hawaii Involving PTSD Patients Likely To Increase
The recent apparent double-murder-suicide by former National Guardsman Clayborne Conley, who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, underscores the human cost of the wars. Conley may have pulled the trigger that killed Kristine Cass, Saundra Cass and himself, but who pulled Conley’s trigger? And will they be held accountable?… Read more »
New ‘Star Wars’ missile defense and satellite communications center finished in Wahiawa
Source: http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/101248944.html $25M Navy satellite center passes muster in Wahiawa By Star-Advertiser staff POSTED: 09:44 p.m. HST, Aug 21, 2010 The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii said it completed final building inspections for a $25.4 million satellite communications center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Wahiawa Annex. The Army’s 53rd Signal Battalion will use the new… Read more »
Hawaii Independent: OHA considers legal action to protect cultural sites against Army Stryker vehicles
The Hawaii Independent reported that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is considering legal action to get the Army to protect Hawaiian cultural sites. The report also exposes the fact that the Army Native Hawaiian liaison program and Native Hawaiian Advisory Council is a front for the Army that is incapable of standing up for Native… Read more »
Makiki double-murder-suicide: More details emerge about killer’s military background
The Honolulu Star Advertiser article today reveals more information about Clayborne Conley’s military background, his post-traumatic stress disorder, and his violent, troubled past. Here are some excerpts from the story: Friends identified the shooter as Clayborne Conley, a former Hawaii National Guardsman with a history of violent behavior and mental instability. Conley was deployed with… Read more »
U.S. Soldiers Punished For Not Attending Christian Concert
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26211.htm U.S. Soldiers Punished For Not Attending Christian Concert By Chris Rodda August 20, 2010 “Talk to Action” — For the past several years, two U.S. Army posts in Virginia, Fort Eustis and Fort Lee, have been putting on a series of what are called Commanding General’s Spiritual Fitness Concerts. As I’ve written in a… Read more »
Iraq/Afghanistan vet apparently murdered a woman and her 13-year old daughter then killed himself
At around 1:00 am this morning in Makiki, neighbors were awoken by breaking glass, a barking dog, and gunshots. A woman shouted “No, no, help, help, no!”, more gunshots. A man’s voice. A gunshot, then an eerie silence. A woman, teenage girl and a man were found dead by gunshot wounds in an apparent double… Read more »
Site visit to cultural sites threatened by Stryker brigade expansion in Lihu’e, O’ahu
Article and photos by Summer Nemeth On Wednesday, July 14, 2010, I received a call from Keona Mark, a cultural monitor with Garcia & Associates (GANDA) who has been working up at Lihue. She invited me to attend a site visit that Saturday (7/17) to see some ki’i pohaku (petroglyph rocks) that are threatened by… Read more »
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