The Marine Corps’ helicopter that crashed in Kaneohe Bay in March killing a crew member was Sea Stallion. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that the Sea Stallions will be retired from service: After a start that came during the Vietnam War, the Marine Corps’ aging CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters — the type that crashed in… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2011
‘Raptors’ grounded over defects
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that: The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of F-22 Raptors, including those in Hawaii, because of concerns about the system that delivers oxygen to pilots aboard the fighter jets, a military spokeswoman said yesterday. […] The Hawaii Air National Guard began flying F-22 Raptors last summer in partnership… Read more »
Native American Activist Winona LaDuke on Use of “Geronimo” as Code for Osama bin Laden and the “Militarization of Indian Country”
Winona LaDuke has just published a book The Militarization of Indian Country in which she discusses the situation in Hawai’i and the Native-owned military contracting industry. I spoke with someone from her organization as they were researching information for the book. I haven’t seen it yet to know how the information was incorporated. Today, she… Read more »
Killing ‘Geronimo’ over and over again
In my previous post about the killing of Osama bin Laden and the reaction by many Americans, I lamented how: The jubilation over the killing of bin Laden reminded me of the grisly trophy photos of lynchings with leering faces and tortured black bodies, much like the torture photos to emerge from Abu Ghraib prison… Read more »
Grieving for our Full Humanity
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, “Beyond Good and Evil”, Aphorism 146 (1886) When the news broke that U.S. special forces have killed Osama bin Laden, U.S…. Read more »
New UH-military partnership symptomatic of the militarization of education
The AP reports that the University of Hawai’i and the Pacific Command are forming a partnership: The University of Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Command have agreed to work together in the areas of health care, alternative energy, water and waste management. University President M.R.C. Greenwood and Pacific Command Commander Adm. Robert F. Willard are… Read more »
Woman motorcyclist killed in crash was Navy veteran and military spouse
According to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, a motorcyclist who was killed in a head-on collision in Waiaula was a former Navy personnel, whose husband is in the military: Meanwhile, the Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the woman killed in Saturday’s head-on collision between a motorcycle and a Jeep on Kaukonahua Road as 26-year-old Brenda Anderson… Read more »
Hawaii is no place for P-8 squadrons
I came across this letter to the editor from the Puget Sound area arguing against the relocation of P-8 squadrons to Marine Corps Base Hawai’i Kaneohe Bay: Hawaii is no place for P-8 squadrons By Whidbey News Times Published 06:45 p.m., Sunday, May 1, 2011 A couple of weeks back I attended a presentation by County… Read more »
The African ‘Star Wars’; Are We Still on an Imperial Planet?
Helpful analysis about events in Africa and the U.S. anxiety about China. First from Asia Times reporter Pepe Escobar writing an op ed for Al Jazeera. The second article “China as Number One?” by Tom Englehardt from Tom Dispatch. It follows his earlier article “Sleepwalking into the Imperial Dark.” He is not as concerned about… Read more »
A Beast in the Heart of Every Fighting Man – Who pays?
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 »
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