SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 9, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Hawaii - Third Quarter 2023": * * * From June 2023 to September 2023, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Hawaii were 34,974, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 27,109, the U.S.   more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, May 8 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Jimmie D. Pike, Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and his wife, Jennifer, paid a visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, to visit Guardians and meet with key players in the support and operation of space assets in the Indo-Pacific theater, May 3. Throughout the day, Saltzman attended the Indo-Pacific Headquarters change of command; met   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and his wife, Jennifer, paid a visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii to visit Guardians and meet with key players in the support and operation of space assets in the Indo-Pacific theater, May 3, 2024. Throughout the day, Saltzman attended the Indo-Pacific Headquarters c  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Deputy Secretary Hicks announced today some of the capabilities and one of the systems selected for accelerated fielding as part of the first tranche of the Replicator initiative, which is focused on fielding all-domain attritable autonomous (ADA2) systems. The Department has secured its needed funding of about $500 million for FY24, to include approximately $300 million from the Fisca  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its annual Freedom of Navigation (FON) Report for Fiscal Year 2023. During the period from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, U.S. forces operationally challenged 29 different excessive maritime claims advanced by 17 different claimants throughout the world. Excessive maritime claims are inconsistent with international law as re  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SAIPAN, Northern Marianas Islands - Guam National Guard troops hailing from the neighboring Northern Marianas Islands have increased 2,400 percent from three in 2022 to 75 in 2024. Driving this effort is Sgt. Juan Camacho, heavy equipment operator with the 1224th Engineer Support Company and native of Saipan. Camacho is also a local swimming champion and community o  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: ASAN, Guam - The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Senior Military Official in Guam and Micronesia Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, Federated States of Micronesia Vice President Aren Palik and U.S. Ambassador to the FSM Jennifer Johnson hosted another bilateral FSM-Joint Committee Meeting from May 1-2 at the Joint Region Marianas headquarters in Nimitz Hill. "The FSM is a crucial pa  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Back in the 1950s when Gene Hartman was a college student, he knew he wanted a U.S. Air Force career. What he didn't know was that he would find a second career -- and love -- in Civil Air Patrol. The future CAP colonel learned firsthand the positive influence the organization can have in a young person's life. Hartman was stationed in Hawaii as an Air Force fighter pilot in the early 1970s. Th  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines - The Pacific Air Force's Pacific Integrated Air & Missile Defense Center, with support from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and the Philippine Air Force facilitated an inaugural multilateral and joint service subject matter expert exchange in preparation for Balikatan24 at Clark Air Base, Luzon City, Philippines April 22  more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, May 8 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Jimmie D. Pike, Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and his wife, Jennifer, paid a visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii to visit Guardians and meet with key players in the support and operation of space assets in the Indo-Pacific theater, May 3, 2024. Throughout the day, Saltzman attended the Indo-Pacific Headquarters cha  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript of a news briefing on May 6, 2024, by Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder: * * * MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER: As you know, Secretary Austin returned from Hawaii early Saturday morning after a very productive trip. Now, while he was in Hawaii, he had the chance to meet with his counterparts from Australia and the Philippines for several bilateral and multilateral discussions which were all intended to deep  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Philippines - Service members from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military successfully completed a series of humanitarian civic assistance efforts focused on community health engagements, engineering civic action projects, and civil-military engagements during Exercise Balikatan 24. From March 26 to May 9, a team of 305 U.  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: LA PAZ SAND DUNES, Laoag City, Philippines - Combined forces from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and U.S. military rehearsed defending the coastline today during a Balikatan counter-landing live-fire exercise. Converging fires onto floating targets off the coast and mock-enemy targets along the beach, Marines and Soldiers from both nations improved their   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Philippines - Philippine and U.S. military forces participating in Balikatan 24 concluded the second iteration of maritime key terrain security operations today, exercising their collective ability to secure several islands in the Batanes Island group approximately 1,000 miles north of where combined forces conducted similar operations in  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Philippines - Philippine, U.S. and Australian military forces integrated land, sea and air platforms to simultaneously sense, target, strike and destroy a decommissioned ship off the western coast of Northern Luzon today. The live-fire event demonstrated the capability of the force's combined fires networks, joint and combined interopera  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 11 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: Today SBA announced that, although the deadline to apply for assistance has passed, they will continue to accept applications for property damage through June 11, 2024, and for economic injury through Nov. 9, 2024. Hawaii businesses owners and residents who were affected by the wildfires and high winds that occurred Aug. 8 - Sept. 30, 2023, in Ma  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Pentagon Spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following release: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III concluded his travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, today. During his visit, Secretary Austin met with counterparts from Australia, Japan, and the Philippines, presided over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Change of Command, engaged with service members, and spoke with dist  more

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, May 9 -- The Commander of the Hawaii Navy Region issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of the Navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are jointly preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and welcome the community's input in the environmental planning process. The public's participation in this initial phase of the environmental planning process is important to ensuring community concerns are identified and addressed in th  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea - U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman met with Guardians as well as government and military officials during a visit to Osan Air Base and Seoul May 5-7. Saltzman visited with several Space Force units at Osan AB, witnessing firsthand the magnitude of the service's mission in the region and its growth in re  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea -- A team from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command visited Papua New Guinea to further the development of joint infrastructure, April 30 - May 2. This scoping mission is in support of the recently signed and ratified Defense Cooperation Agreement. Joint infrastructure will expedite disaster response, enhance security cooperation, and further strengthen our bilatera  more