FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii, March 8 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: The 413th Contracting Support Brigade command team conducted a battlefield circulation visit to assess the requirements for more than 4,500 Soldiers and Marines taking part in Cobra Gold Feb. 27 through March 7 in Thailand. The battlefield circulation underscores the critical role contracting forces play in providing base life support and port handling inland transportation contracts, crucial to the s  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: TAIWAN STRAIT - The Arleigh-Burke guided missile class destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) conducted a routine south-to-north Taiwan Strait transit on March 5, 2024. U.S. ships transit between the South China Sea and the East China Sea via the Taiwan Strait and have done so for many years. The transit occurred through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that is beyond any coastal state's   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Members of the U.S. Air Force, Indonesian Air Force, Philippine Air Force, Royal Malaysian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force came together to participate in the Regional Air Domain Awareness Senior Leader Seminar on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from Feb. 26 - Mar. 1, 2024. Throughout the seminar, leaders discussed air domai  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Hawaii - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.1 percent in Hawa  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief on March 4, 2024: * * * Employer: H.K. Construction Corp., 2046 South King St., Hawaii, HI 96826 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that H.K. Construction, a company offering residential construction services on the island of Oahu, recklessly disregarded the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act and underpaid dozens of field employ  more

LAHAINA, Hawaii, March 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed nighttime operations that required road closures in order to inspect a portion of the sewer line system on March 2nd, 2024. EPA cleared and inspected sanitary sewer lines on Honoapi'ilani Hwy and Keawe Street, between Leiali'i Parkway and Keawe Street in Lahaina. Nighttime operations also took place within the wildfire affected area alon  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: USAG Humphreys, Republic of Korea - The ROK and U.S. are conducting Freedom Shield 2024, an 11-day exercise set to reflect the Korea Theater of Operations - a combined, joint, multi-domain, and interagency operating environment. The exercise began March 4 and continues through March 14, 2024. This annual exercise aims to build understanding between Combined Forces  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: U.S. Attorney Clare E. Connors announced today that the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Hawaii collected $6,638,788.11 from criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $6,360,465.69 was collected in criminal actions and $278,322.42 was collected in civil actions. The Hawaii U.S. Attorney's Office also worked with oth  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Robert Kinoshita, 59, of Hilo, Hawaii, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor to 155 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Kinoshita pleaded guilty on October 27, 2023, and had been detained since his arrest in August 2023. The court order  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Navy Installations Command issued the following news: By Raquel Cloma, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and Iolani High School hosted the Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) Team Trails from Feb. 21 to March 4 in adaptive sports and competitions. NWW gives the opportunity for Sailors and Coast Guardsmen who are seriously wounded, ill and injured to compete in a variety of adaptive sports that provide reconditioning including archery, c  more

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, March 9 -- The Commander of the Hawaii Navy Region issued the following news release: By Raquel Cloma, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and Iolani High School hosted the Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) Team Trails from Feb. 21 to March 4 in adaptive sports and competitions. NWW gives the opportunity for Sailors and Coast Guardsmen who are seriously wounded, ill and injured to compete in a variety of adaptive sports that provide recondit  more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, March 4 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Navy will voluntarily continue extensive sampling of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam water distribution system for an additional year. "We are doing this because it is the right thing to do," said Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, commander of the Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill (NCTF-RH) and Navy Region Hawaii. "We have made this deliberate decision as a result of our steadfast commitment to t  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Department of Defense Spokesman LTC Marty Meiners provided the following readout: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner met today at the Pentagon with Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister, John Rosso, and his senior delegation. The two officials discussed how the United States and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have deepened their defense and secur  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 4 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii issued the following news release: In a rapidly evolving world, innovation and adaptability have become paramount, especially within the United States Marine Corps. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Justin Genovese, the motor transport operations officer for Combat Logistics Company 33 (CLC-33), is spearheading a groundbreaking initiative for his unit: the Additive Manufacturing Course. This visionary program, designed to equip Marines with s  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PANCHKHAL, Nepal - Nepal and the United States conducted the closing ceremony of exercise Shanti Prayas IV at Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre, Panchkhal, Nepal, Mar. 4, 2024. Running from Feb.20 - Mar.4, over 1100 participants from 18 countries took part to include Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Fiji, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria,  more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, March 6 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Tristan Truesdell, Pacific Air Forces Nearly 80 U.S. Air Force service members and two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) integrated with Bangladesh for the bilateral tactical airlift exercise, Cope South 2024 (CS24) at Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Bangabandhu Cantonment, Dhaka and Operating Location-Alpha, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Feb.  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news on March 5, 2024: DHAKA, Bangladesh - Nearly 80 U.S. Air Force service members and two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) integrated with Bangladesh for the bilateral tactical airlift exercise, Cope South 2024 (CS24) at Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Bangabandhu Cantonment, Dhaka and Operating Location-Alpha, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Feb. 19 to 28.  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands - Following efforts with Kiribati partners, the USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew recently concluded the next leg of their expeditionary patrol from Feb. 20 to 27, 2024, spending time in Majuro, Wotje Atoll, and the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) working with partners, underscoring commitment to mar  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SANTA RITA, Guam - In a display of interagency cooperation, a commercial mariner in urgent need of medical care was safely evacuated from his vessel 100 nautical miles offshore to Guam on March 2, 2024, thanks to the actions of the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25). "Our collective efforts today, closely following anot  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii - U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) hosted the Defense Senior Enlisted Leader Council (DSELC) in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 4-6, 2024. The three-day event led by Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Sgt. Maj. Troy Black brought military service and combatant command senior enlisted leaders to Hawaii  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 9 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: The ROK and U.S. are conducting Freedom Shield 2024, an 11-day exercise set to reflect the Korea Theater of Operations - a combined, joint, multi-domain, and interagency operating environment. The exercise began March 4 and continues through March 14, 2024. This annual exercise aims to build understanding between Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea, the United Nations Command, and ROK Joint Chie  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP MUJUK, South Korea - U.S. Marines from across III Marine Expeditionary Force, and Marines from 1st Marine Division, I MEF, deployed from Japan and the United States to join their ROK counterparts to exercise as the Combined Marine Component Command during Freedom Shield 24. Freedom Shield is an annual United States Forces Korea training exercise designed to e  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PAYA LEBAR AIR BASE, Singapore - U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs participated in bilateral training with Republic of Singapore Air Force at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore for the first time March 4 - 7. The F-35s from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and RSAF F-15SGs and F-16C/D+ Fighting Falcons conducted various training scenarios to enhance trust and increase  more