CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * "Steel Rain" on the Peninsula: M270A2 MLRS Conducts Inaugural Live Fire in Korea * CAMP CASEY, South Korea December 11, 2025 Charlie Battery, 1-38 Field Artillery Regiment, 210 Field Artillery Brigade became the first unit to live fire the new M270A2 Multi Launch Rocket System (MLRS) on the Korean Peninsula. The exercise highlighted Charlie Battery's readiness and reinforced the unit's ability to   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Announces 2025 Winners Of His Congressional App Challenge * (Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the winners of his 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Hawai'i's First Congressional District at a reception at the Entrepreneurs Sandbox in Kaka'ako. The App Challenge is an official national initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, in which Members of Congress hos  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Markey Press SBA Administrator on Audit Targeting Underserved Businesses * Lawmakers: "Rather than using this audit as a pretense to unfairly attack a program with which you have an ideological disagreement, it is our hope that you will refocus on the goals of the 8(a) Program to make sure it continues to support socially and economically disadvantaged businessesas intended." WASHINGTON,  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Navy Installations Command issued the following news: * * * Media Release: Navy Region Hawaii Commander Promoted to Two-Star Flag Officer * FORD ISLAND, Hawaii Adm. Stephen Koehler, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, promoted Rear Adm. (lower half) Brad Collins, Navy Region Hawaii commander, to the rank of Rear Adm. (upper half) during a ceremony, aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial, Dec 23, 2025. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that President Donald Trump  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Mystery of Hawaii phytoplankton bloom solved in UH research Viewed from space, vast swirls of color appear nearly every summer in the Pacific Ocean north of Hawai'i. For years, the origins of these massive blooms of photosynthetic microbes remained a mystery. Now, a study (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079661125002083) led by University of Hawai'i at Manoa oc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and determined a cultural affiliation with Hui Iwi Kuamoo in Hawaii. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and concerns three burial-related objects originating from Hawaii that are currently held in the museum's collections. The funerary objects consist of three fragments of dark brown, patterned buri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Honaunau, Hawaii, has announced its intent to carry out the disposition of Native Hawaiian human remains discovered within park boundaries. The action is being taken under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and follows damage assessments conducted after a high surf event struck west-facing shores of Hawaii Island in January 2025. The n  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * U.S. Navy and Japan participate in the 18th Annual Joint Drill * YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 18, 2025) The 18th iteration of U.S.-Japan Annual Joint Drill, involving the U.S. Navy, government of Japan, and the city of Yokosuka, took place on Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 18. This year's drill, led by Commander, Submarine Group 7, simulated a medical emergency aboard a nuclear-powered warshi  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 23 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Disease and trauma found in majority of whale, dolphin strandings From land-borne pathogens to high-speed vessel strikes, Pacific whales and dolphins are caught in a "perfect storm" where human-caused trauma and infectious diseases were found in more than 65% of investigated strandings. A study spanning nearly two decades by University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers provides insights into   more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 23 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Giant clams thrive with Indigenous management in American Samoa Giant clam populations in American Samoa are far more stable and abundant than previously thought thanks to the help of local villages, according to a new study led by researchers at University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) ToBo Lab. The research found that marine areas managed by local villages   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USS Annapolis Returns to Guam Following Indo-Pacific Deployment * NAVAL BASE GUAM (Dec. 19, 2025) Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) returned to its homeport at Naval Base Guam following a routine deployment in the Indo-Pacific, Dec. 19, 2025 "USS Annapolis delivered outstanding results, completing an exceptional deployment that showcased the operational readiness of t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Schatz, Colleagues Press for Media Access to Gaza * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) were joined by over a dozen of their colleagues in pressing the Trump Administration to demand free and independent press access to Gaza immediately. In their letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Senators urge the Administration to do more to secure   more