HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 26 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: The 9th Mission Support Command, headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, has mobilized close to 400 personnel since March, throughout the Pacific, to provide assistance to Defense Support to Civil Authorities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 9th MSC is the most geographically dispersed command in America's Army Reserve and provides U.S. Indo Pacific Command with capable forces at key points. The command c  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: In May 2020, unemployment rates were lower in 38 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 3 states, and stable in 9 states. All 50 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rate increases from a year earlier. View chart at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/unemployment-rates-down-over-the-month-in-38-states-in-may-2020.htm Nevada had the highest unemp  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the transcript of the following special briefing by David R. Stilwell, assistant secretary of Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs: MS ORTAGUS: Apologies, everybody, for the late afternoon notice. Dave Stilwell is still in Hawaii, I'm in California with the Secretary, but we wanted to make sure that you had a chance to hear directly and on the record from Assistant Secretary Dave Stilwell on Secretary Pompeo's meeting yesterday with  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the transcript of the following special briefing on June 22 by David R. Stilwell, assistant secretary of Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs: MS ORTAGUS: I hope everyone had a nice weekend, and Happy Father's Day to all of the dads on the line. I'm happy to have my friend, of course, Assistant Secretary Dave Stilwell to speak with all of you. I know that he spoke last week, Thursday afternoon, regarding our meetings in Hawaii. One   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news story: In the largest repatriation of South Korean soldiers' remains from the Korean War, 147 such remains will be returned to South Korea following an honor ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. Defense Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency public affairs official Lee Tucker emphasized that South Korean soldiers fought alongside U.S. troops during that war against North Korea. The wa  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news story: The alliance between the United States and South Korea is a special bond built on mutual trust, shared values and an enduring friendship, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. Navy Adm. Philip S. Davidson spoke during a June 23 repatriation ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in which the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency turned over the remains of 147 South Korean service members   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii, Kenji M. Price, issued the following news release: The Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in Hawaii federal court in support of a lawsuit filed by residents of Nevada and California residents who own property in Hawaii challenging a measure by Governor David Ige in response to COVID 19 that mandates a 14-day self-quarantine for individuals entering Hawaii. The Statement of Interest is part of Attorney G  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on June 24: The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it is awarding $962,160 in funding to HUD Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) agencies in New York, Louisiana, Rhode Island, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California, Texas, Indiana, Florida, Nebraska, Hawaii, South Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Connecticut, and New Jersey to support activities related to  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division issued the following news release: The Justice Department yesterday filed a statement of interest in Hawaii federal court in support of a lawsuit filed by Nevada and California residents who own property in Hawaii challenging a measure by Gov. David Ige in response to COVID 19 that mandates a 14-day self-quarantine for individuals entering Hawaii. Under the governor's latest COVID-19 order, the Hawaii residents who h  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Pacific Islands Area office issued the following news release: USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced its plans to award five partner-driven conservation project agreements to help implement Farm Bill Programs in the Pacific Island Area. "I'm excited to announce these awards," said Travis Thomason, NRCS Pacific Island Area Director. "Through collaboration and alignin  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release: The Coast Guard 14th District held a change of command ceremony bidding farewell to Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday and welcoming Rear Adm. Matthew Sibley at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Tuesday. Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area presided over the ceremony. Sibley is arriving from a tour as assistant commandant for capability, responsible for identifying  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 24 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news on June 22: Pacific Air Forces and Washington Air National Guard Airmen sit face-to-face with their counterparts from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), except the venue is a little different from the last time Airman-to-Airman Talks (A2AT) were held Aug. 28 at Camp Murray, Washington - this time it's a virtual meeting. Pacific Air Forces first began the A2AT program in 2012 and currently participates in bilateral  more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers integrated with the Koku-Jieitai, or Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fighters and U.S. Navy E/A-18G Growlers over the Sea of Japan, June, 17. The bombers, currently deployed to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, are supporting Bomber Task Force missions to demonstrate the United States' unwavering   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: On an eight-hour flight to Hawaii, software engineers raced to program the final updates to a modeling and simulation tool that would host the Joint Forces Energy Wargame, or JFEW, the first of its kind to focus primarily on energy and fuel logistics. Known as JFEW-Standard Wargame Integration Facilitation Toolkit, or SWIFT, the tool provided a digital interface to play, present, and analyze the wargame, and allowed players t  more