Military

Hale Kula’s “Hour of Code” event will include the presentation of a $10,000 check by Code.org and a brief session on computer programming with Hale Kula students....

Paul Koester, 58, the Air Force's oldest current active-duty member, raised the Stars and Stripes above the Mighty Mo. Koester was one of 27 Armed Forces members to reenlist in today's ceremony....

Ewa battlefield area involved not only destruction of planes at Ewa Field but also overhead air battles between Japanese planes, Army P-40's and Navy SBD's....

...the episode focuses on the attempted murder of a Pearl Harbor veteran that lead Five-0 to use decades old evidence to investigate....

On the morning of 7 December 1941, twelve Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses were approaching Hawaii after a 14-hour flight from California....

...the Black Knights from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point played the University of Hawaii Warriors, Saturday, Nov. 30....

By not agreeing to dismantle a single centrifuge, Iran has not rolled back its nuclear infrastructure.  Iran retains the ability to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon in as little as 2 months....

A UH systemwide task force to work on improving services for student veterans has been formed and held its organizational meeting on Friday, November 22....

...a federal construction contract to build Phase 2 of the USARPAC Command and Control Facility at Fort Shafter....

...a Pentagon spokeswoman said that no human remains were shown on camera....

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: Humpy’s Big Island Alehouse & The Frisky Seal announced plans to host a 2-night, 2-show comedy festival featuring 5 stand-up comics from around the islands....

...he was subpoenaed to testify in New York in a terrorism case against a friend he met in a Hono­lulu mosque....

Today we thank all of our veterans who have fought and continue to fight for freedom around the world....

Early on the morning of Oct. 21, more than 250 soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion (CE), 130th Engineer Brigade and the 307th Engineer Battalion (C) (A), 20th Engineer Brigade gathered on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan....

Plaintiffs attorneys presented their Jurisdictional Statement, arguing that there are substantial questions meriting the U.S. Supreme Court's full consideration in our appeal of a three-judge U.S. District Court decision upholding the Plan....

Visitors spend about $76 million a day in communities near national parks, the National Park Service estimated....

...student veteran leaders representing chapters of Hawaiʻi Alliance of Student Veterans (HASV) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa and Leeward Community College, testified in front of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents in an effort to spark dialogue over the idea of amending tuition waiver regulations....

...these soldiers, who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, will return home this week to a nation that initially refused to pay their families the military death benefit....

There are about 34,000 civilian federal jobs in Hawaii, a fraction of which were deemed essential....

The American Legion is demanding immediate reform with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)....

...the Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn't even fly....

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B guided missile is launched from the USS Lake Erie, and successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Kauai....

...the U.S. military lacks the resources necessary to implement such strategies....

Nominations and self-nominations for task force members should be sent by email to president@Hawaii.edu....

Hawai‘i Pacific University is once again the state’s only university to appear on the Military Friendly Schools list...

More than 300 people attended the Joint Venture Education Forum’s 12th annual meeting, Aug. 29, 2013 at The Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Kapolei....

At 10:28 a.m., FDNY lieutenant Mickey Kross was in the third-floor stairwell of the north tower when he heard a “tremendous roar,” and the building began to crumble....

In observance of the 12th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11....

...seeking input from the public on the design and location of a newly planned memorial honoring Hawaii veterans....

...the Obama Administration has rolled out new policies that disregard states’ authority over marriage....

Yesterday, President Obama made headlines by saying that the red line wasn’t really his, but the whole world’s, and that “Congress’s credibility is on the line” now that he has punted....

The Obama Administration’s Syria policy has been disturbingly ad hoc and reactive....

A story invoking Governor Abercrombie’s war-protester past, has surfaced on Breitbart.com....

The Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement is available for download....

...the costly push to bring the numbers down is unsustainable and could doom those seeking benefits to years-long waits in appeals....

Reports are rampant that the Obama Administration will call for U.S. missile strikes against the regime in Syria at any time now....

...The U.S. Army published the record of decision to construct and operate a modern Infantry Platoon Battle Course and associated infrastructure to support current and future Army training requirements at Pōhakuloa Training Area....

In state reapportionment cases such as this, the Court has "appellate" jurisdiction to directly review decisions by the US District Court for the District of Hawaii....

Friday, August 16, 2013 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. HST...

The State Department closed 21 U.S. embassies over the weekend....

There were no other modifications to the existing $44.7-million contract except for its duration....

...removal of 108,000 non-permanent military and their families is “unconstitutional” and “discriminatory”....