#U.S. Navy
15-day extension granted on final EIS for Pacific Missile Range Facility and Kōkeʻe observatory
Granting the 15-day extension provides a 45-day acceptance period, the maximum allowable time by state law; the state now has until Sept. 29 to decide on impact statement connected with an application to renew a lease for the Kauaʻi state lands on which the facilities sit.
UH: Researchers find traces of disease in dolphin poop
For the first time, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Health and Stranding Lab have successfully detected Fraser’s morbillivirus, which can cause respiratory and neurological disease, in the feces of a dolphin. The findings published in Marine Mammal Science provide a new tool to identify and monitor threats faced by Hawaiʻi’s marine mammals.
Inouye Recognized as ʻOutstanding Builder of the Yearʻ
Lance Inouye, president and CEO of Ralph S. Inouye Company Limited, Inc., was selected from among 300 signatory contractors of the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters.
Wailuku Man Keeps Navy’s Newest Helicopters Flying
2009 Kamehameha Schools graduate, Petty Officer 3rd Class Kamaki Maluo-Huber of Maui is serving with a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron.
US Successfully Intercepts Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Target in Test Off Kaua‘i
The Missile Defense Agency and US Navy sailors successfully intercepted an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile target during an operational test off Kauaʻi.
Hawai‘i-based Ships “Sortie” Ahead of Tropical Storm Olivia
Rear Adm. Brian Fort, commander, Navy Region Hawaiʻi/ Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, announced that US Navy ships and submarines based in Hawaiʻi not currently undergoing maintenance availabilities have sortied as Tropical Storm Olivia travels toward the Hawaiian Islands.
RIMPAC Units Participate in Sinking Exercise off Kaua‘i
Assets participating in RIMPAC sank the decommissioned ex-USS Racine on Thursday, July 12 in waters 15,000 feet deep, 55 nautical miles north of Kauaʻi.
Maui Among 27 Hospitals in Today’s RIMPAC Live Training Exercises
300 volunteers portraying patients from a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami will be triaged on Ford Island today, and transported to hospitals on six islands.
25,000 Participants Arriving in Hawai‘i for 2018 RIMPAC
Dozens of ships from 25 nations are arriving in Pearl Harbor this month for the 26th Rim of the Pacific exercise 2018.
US Navy Announces 26th Rim of the Pacific Exercise
Twenty-six nations, 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 27 to Aug. 2, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.
‘Ilio Point Propopsed as Natural Area Reserve
The state is proposing the designation of 261 acres of land at Ilio Point on Molokai as a Natural Area Reserve. The recommendation is meant to provide increased protection and heightened management for 23 native plants species, and rare species of seabirds and marine mammals. The state is also requesting similar designation for 5,975 acres […]
JULY 23, 2009 DECLARED USS HAWAI’I DAY
Today was declared USS Hawai’i Day in a Proclamation issued by Governor Linda Lingle. The announcement welcomes the vessel to the islands. The warship was named after the island state, reinforcing the strategic role our Hawaii plays in the Pacific. The Proclamation states the following: PROCLAMATION As one of the U.S. Navy’s finest warships, the […]
NOAA GIVES NAVY MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION MEASURES FOR SONAR TRAINING OFF HAWAII
The U.S. Navy received federal authorization this month to continue sonar training exercises in Hawaiian waters. The Fisheries Service with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration does not expect the exercises to result in serious injury or death to marine mammals, but is requiring mitigation measures to protect the whales and other marine life, and […]