Military

USS John Paul Jones completed the first Baseline 9 live firing using its integrated air and missile defense capability on Nov. 6....

...assembling at 8:00 am. Parade starts at 9:00 am....

Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen were called to support Hawaii County Civil Defense....

New Jersey, New York and Illinois have imposed mandatory quarantines for health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa....

North Korea now has the ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted atop a ballistic missile....

...he and others were kidnapping and keeping Afghan boys as sex slaves, trafficking narcotics and providing munitions to the Taliban to "facilitate insider attacks on Marine and other coalition forces."....

At the least, this appears to be a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Right Act....

Hawaii resident Ben White flies home from Korea to support Inspector General Complaint against Mark Takai for “violations of privacy” and “abuse of rank”....

“Mark Takai will mislead voters and say anything to get elected."

...the Gabbard measure would go further, forcing thousands of economy-boosting tourists and business travelers to apply for visas — a notoriously arduous process....

...VoteVets supports "progressive" Democrats and has a long record of spending money against veterans, who have served our country honorably such as Arizona Sen. John McCain....

A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and civilian contractor will spend more than seven years in federal prison....

As then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: "US citizenship is a privilege, it is not a right. People who are serving foreign powers or in this case foreign terrorists are clearly in violation of that oath which they swore when they became citizens."

...Politics should end at the water's edge....

...we have conducted more than 150 successful airstrikes in Iraq....

...recent events in the Middle East make it painfully clear that our war with Muslim extremists is far from over....

Cult members laboring for the Imam under "Tuzuk contracts" are obligated to kick back all of their salaries beyond a bare minimum needed to survive....

Rep Gene Ward discusses “Drones” with Lawrence E. ‘Larry’ Osborn, DreamHammer, Inc....

...I support President Obama's desire to defeat ISIS, but America needs to see more decisive leadership....

...Marine Sgt. Victor Farinas of Aiea deployed to Helmand province, Afghanistan during Feb. 2014 with 1st Marine Regiment....

“You know, Adam and I both enlisted, joined the military after 9/11 because we heard our nation’s leaders say after that attack that we would go and take out these Islamic extremists wherever they are."

...Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen partnered with civil authorities and went through neighborhoods hit by the hurricane....

...Hawaii guardsmen help the recovery effort by assessing the damage and reporting to civil authorities, and by clearing the roadways....

... the Navy is paying $0.44 per kwh ....

Former MCAS Ewa Field is an especially unique battlefield that has been officially recognized....

House and Senate negotiators reached a compromise Wednesday on a Veterans Affairs health care reform bill....

...he is accused of repeatedly molesting a 13-year-old boy, and has been held in the state prison facility since February....

...Matson and Horizon improperly billed the U.S. Department of Defense, costing $2 million a year in damages....

...candidates running for the open seat in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District attended this forum....

...operating within the United States 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone around Hawaii, but not within the 12-nautical-mile territorial seas....

...the ACT Now for Veterans bill (H.R. 5131) to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse non-VA medical providers who provide care to eligible veterans....

Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, is being awarded $334,135,534 for firm-fixed-price task order....

The new VA Secretary needs to quickly understand the serious depth of the problems facing the VA in Hawaii....

Beijing’s participation comes at a time of significant regional tension....

Under the most severe scenario, Schofield would lose about 16,000 employees, leaving 2,441 on base....

One hundred and eighty-eight Soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion ....

No other VA site is over 100 days, the next-worst is Fayetteville, NC with a 91-day wait time for new patients....

...Pfeffer should be fired due to his dishonesty, lack of integrity, incompetence, and his flagrant lack of respect and transparency when dealing with those to whom he is ultimately accountable....

“Getting choice is the holy grail of this reform,” said Pete Hegseth, chief executive officer of Concerned Veterans for America....

“They are a threat to the safety and security of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s up to those two countries to make the decision...." -- Hillary Clinton

...some 64,000 veterans enrolled in the system for at least 10 years have yet to see a doctor....

"...I applaud the recent Senate compromise action reached between Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) to allow vets access to private healthcare providers...."

Ohana Military Communities and Forrest City Residential Management are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed April 3....

More than 100 Soldiers from the 130th Engineer Brigade's headquarters reunited with their families here yesterday....

"...immediately allow our veterans to use their VA identification card to obtain medical care through the private health care system, with the VA paying the bill...."

Ten years ago, the Pentagon paid for a climate study that put forth many scary scenarios....

"Sec. Shinseki's resignation, however, does not fix the underlying failures at the VA."

If anyone is looking for evidence that Faleomavaega really has lost his mind, perhaps his reaction to the growing Veterans Affairs crisis is providing it....

Only some of each president’s speeches are billed as “major,” and today’s is one of them....