{"id":6663,"date":"2010-04-08T06:59:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T15:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6663"},"modified":"2010-04-08T06:59:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T15:29:04","slug":"why-is-a-guided-missile-frigate-taking-part-in-a-hula-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6663","title":{"rendered":"Why is a guided missile frigate taking part in a hula festival?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is how absurd the militarization gets:\u00a0 a guided missile frigate “greets” the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival royal court then takes high school JROTC students on a joy ride back to O’ahu. How militarized are we?<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.honoluluadvertiser.com\/article\/20100408\/BREAKING01\/100408014\/Pearl+Harbor-based+Crommelin+to+take+part+in+Merrie+Monarch+Festival+<\/a><\/p>\n

Updated at 6:08 a.m., Thursday, April 8, 2010<\/p>\n

Pearl Harbor-based Crommelin to take part in Merrie Monarch Festival<\/h2>\n

Advertiser Staff<\/p>\n

The Pearl Harbor-based guided missile frigate USS Crommelin will be in Hilo to take part in the 47th Merrie Monarch Festival.<\/p>\n

The Crommelin will greet the festival’s Royal Court tomorrow at 9 a.m. at its Pier 1 berth in Hilo Harbor.<\/p>\n

Sailors will also attend hula performances, and the Navy’s Pacific Fleet Band will march in the Merrie Monarch Royal Parade on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A group of Navy ROTC cadets from Waiakea High will embark with the ship on its return trip to Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is how absurd the militarization gets:\u00a0 a guided missile frigate “greets” the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival royal court then takes high school JROTC students on a joy ride back to O’ahu. How militarized are we? >><< http:\/\/www.honoluluadvertiser.com\/article\/20100408\/BREAKING01\/100408014\/Pearl+Harbor-based+Crommelin+to+take+part+in+Merrie+Monarch+Festival+ Updated at 6:08 a.m., Thursday, April 8, 2010 Pearl Harbor-based Crommelin to take part in Merrie Monarch … <\/p>\n

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