"In accordance with Jarvis Moon" tells the story of the United States on a deserted island

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS BOMBING Hawaii-"Under Jarvis Moon," 45 minutes documents developed by the Bishop Museum was presented to the United States Army Garrison-Hawaii's Distinguished lecture series at Nehelani, development of 27.

Lecture series, Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Mulbury, Commander, USAG-HI and Native Hawaiian liaison office sponsored by encouraging military and Hawaiian communities for more information about each other informal environment.

Noelle Kahanu, project manager, Bishop Museum, present the movie 170 participants. "Under Jarvis Moon" tells the story of the US Act, 1935, 1942, colonize trio asumattomalla atolls of the Pacific in the middle of the Hawaiian Islands, and the data in the middle of Australia.

Since 1935, the United States Government sent the young people, mostly men live in Hawaiian, Howland, and Jarvis Islands Baker territorial jurisdiction and air supremacy. US Soldiers were colonists. Men lived for three months on the island four men per shifts in the Islands.

The film combines historical interviews, still photos, the submission of logbooks, public documents, and newsreel footage. movie opens in crossing the sky, such as the elderly man sings lonely moon: "every night as I sit in my shed, it brings memories of you.I look forward to my ship to come, to take me back to you ... the Moon Jarvis makes me long for you. "

The voice belongs to Kahanu's grandfather, George, which was one of the colonists.His grandfather, and the other a song entitled "colonist under a Jarvis Moon."

"Jarvis Island is more than 1 000 miles to Hawaii from" Kahanu said."Jarvis, Howland and Baker (Islands) was home to more than 130 young men in Hawaii. 52 Were those, Hawaii, many of them from the Kamehameha schools.Some were graduates, and some were students, such as my grandfather, "Kahanu explains."He was a junior he was recruited by the principal to live in the desert island with three other boys ' three or four months.

Then this incredible journey, the movie is about, "he added.

Film Kahanu explains that he first learned about his grandfather's vulnerability, when asked, Bishop Museum archivist his if he was related to George Kahanu.You respond that he was his grandfather, archivist showed him entered in the logbooks George keep Jarvis Island.

", I went to the library, archives, and he brought us out of this old logbook and open, and it was my grandfather handwriting, when he was 17 or 18 years old," said Kahanu. "He writes a lot of this now. these were the things which he recorded as a young man, when he was sent to live in a colonist as deserted island, thousands of miles away from home. "

Colonists are considered to be information collected purkamishetkellä weather and natural specimens; they lived in tents or wooden structures took showers rain, fished for food and surfed.

Film, one of the colonists joked that his logbook entry in principle was the same every day: "today, I have to hunt for seashells."

However, the colonists in idyllic and Primitive lifestyles contained incidents, which later became the touchstones in the history.

Howland colonists built 1937 Primitive landing field and beacon light, which will guide you through the process of Amelia Earhart's plane his around-the-world flight. Unfortunately never Earhart land there and never detected.

Four years later than the South Pacific war Tip, intensified, Japan invaded the Howland. two bombers [a] colonists, Richard "Cramer" Kanani Whaley and Joseph Kealoha Keliihananui lost their lives, 8 December 1941, during an attack.

Two days later after the first attack the Japanese submarine was found offshore, and the United States Coast Guard ship rescued all the inhabitants of the three islands over the next month.

Out of approximately 130 men who lived on islands only three survive today, according to him, His grandfather Kahanu. is one of the survivors.

"Under Jarvis Moon" is marked with the Hawaii International Film Festival and October are displayed during the Festival.

16th CABINET to support Pakistan flood relief

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska-Soldiers and helicopters of the 1st Battalion,
52nd Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade 1500 are preparing
The u.s. Government in support of humanitarian aid and the rapid introduction of the
Disaster relief efforts in Pakistan.

The unit is expected to start for flood emergency aid operations in Pakistan,
year in mid-September. The aircraft is one of the 10 CH-47 Chinook and eight UH-60
Black Hawk helicopters.

2010 season floods of the Prime Minister, has exceeded the amount of all
not have the size and population of disasters
widespread damage, Pakistan's national Disaster Management
Authority.

According to the latest figures from the total number of NDMA cite affect
the population of over 17 million, with 1.2 million houses or
damaged, and the estimated 1,600 deaths.

So far, is divided into 200 million dollars to assist with the recovery and relief
support includes efforts. financial assistance and direct
necessarily delivery and services unique to US
features and resources.

Through the development of the 26 US military and the aircraft is to gather more
as a little people and delivered more than 2 million pounds for relief
deliveries.
Significant military and resource mobilization to rescue
victims of disaster and to provide the necessary supplies will continue.

The task of this unit named Denalin have unique military lift
and movement of CH-47 D Chinook and UH-60A Black Hawk
save lives and to provide humanitarian assistance to the whole helicopters
Partnership with the Government of Pakistan.

"We have to step up efforts to support Pakistan kalastuskapasiteettinsa and people"
column Robert w. Werthman, Commander, 1500 Combat Aviation Brigade said.

25 ID Band trip in China and Russia

Division band is the first United States Army band to do World Expo and in China the first cultural unit this year.

25th Infantry Division Band to perform in China, Russia

Three groups to 25th light infantry Division Band to travel to Russia and the PRC, Sept 3-13 to carry out a variety of events, and represents the United States Army.

Marssirumpuja band, brass ensemble, which reproduces in substance the pop and jazz and rock group that plays modern music run Sakhalin Island, Russia, to help celebrate the island's independence day in Japan and the 2010 World Expo, Shanghai, China in different cities.

These groups also carried out at Shanghai community International School in China as part of the band's field work programme.

"[A] the uniform of the military in standby mode, can be an intimidating thing," said the Chief Warrant Officer Joseph w. Parenteau, 25 light infantry Division Band Commander and conductor."The band is there humanize [Army], and [band] gives us the opportunity to face the music behind the uniform. is a language that does not need to be a translation, so we can bring us music from China and Russia and that we share as Americans."

"I look forward to meeting people from Russia and China," said the staff sergeant Ronald Strayhorn, percussion player, 25 Inf. div. Band. "We interact with people, one-on-one friends, American cultural exchange, relations and to build bridges. "

"Huge opportunities for Soldiers in the frequency range," said Parenteau."They have worked very hard to ensure that we are introduced to the world the best performance possible."

The band has toured throughout the Southern Pacific Realm in the past, Indonesia, Australia, Papa New Guinea, Tanga, Tanzania, India and the Island, but this is a band for the first time outside the pacific International.

In the past, this band was used mainly for public relations and strategic diplomacy tool, said the band discusses the Parenteau. Army needs in different areas, such as the moral support of forces, education outreach work, humanitarian operations and to keep people spirits: national disasters up relive an act against which an action in progress, when he continued.

"This tour is the first time you try to return to the United States Army off Island, in front of the public is the essential mission of just a few years," said Parenteau. "This journey in China and Russia put 25 Inf. Div. worldwide. "

"We have the military history of playing music and pieces of popular American songs, which easily translates their culture," said Parenteau.

"I am waiting for this journey from a stronger foreign relations by closer to Russia and China with through music," said Strayhorn.

Advance sale General hosts Town Hall, American Samoa

PAGO PAGO, Samoa — sending Us army reserve of the 9th General operation support Command hosted Sept 1 Sergeant first class of u.s. Army Reserve Center Pele Pago Pago, American Samoa Town Hall.

Brig. General Michele g. Compton met with the ninth MSC community include command Soldiers, members of the family and full-time support staff of more than 100 members.

The primary purpose of Town hall was General personally fulfils the Soldiers and their family members, thus commanding. Compton wanted to also provide a unique opportunity to expressed in any of their thoughts.

Compton shared originally slightly for himself and his family with the Soldiers.He then explains some of his top priorities to the quality of health care are available for Soldiers, families and veterans, on the island.

Compton "Brig. General Kozlov (former thus commanding general) has made in recent years, the spectacular work, and you want to continue with initiatives that he began to see the last" said.

Compton also place the command stresses family programs, and contribute to the Soldiers and family members can participate in the circulation Strong bond issue and yellow tape entries. Strong circulation bond issue is the Chaplain led command program, which contains one of the Soldiers of the weekend returns to married Soldiers and together with their spouses and banner-Paradise. Yellow program offers training for pre, Soldiers during and after deployment.

During the meeting of the armed forces and their appetite suppressors
families ask reserviläistä public the possibility of future growth Samoa forces Post Exchange parts availability vary depending on the different subjects.

Among his many replies had to get new items is PX and promote the role of the army reserve. He also stated that at present it is not currently scheduled deployments; this is known, however, can be changed.

Compton then met with the one-on-one after the Town Hall of individuals.

"I am very happy, families and Soldiers were able to participate," said Compton. "I appreciated the personally fulfils all and hear their ideas interactive, open forum. "

Expressed as a general rule, a visit to the Soldiers only.

"I think it's really great that he is," said Pvt. Mataina Customs, food service specialist 411th engineer Battalion forward support company. "It is good to know that he really cares about and that he wanted to hear from us. "

Before the airport, sending General commended the Soldiers and their families for their service.

"I've heard our American Samoa Soldiers made in support of operation Iraqi freedom and the disaster relief efforts after the phenomenal success of last year's tsunami work I am very proud about. so as to serve you in this command, and I am grateful to the service of our nation."

Double amputee ' fall ' into the TAMC

HONOLULU-If it is true, actions speak louder than words retired Sgt. 1st Class Dana Bowman, "roared" as he parachuted over Tripler Army Medical Center, rationale, development of 19 may him u.s. Commander, Captain bars and coins.

Soldiers Warrior transition Battalion, here, to prove that even becoming a Double amputee life met Bowman does not stop, but instead send a new life on the go.

Bowman's new journey began in 1994, more than a desert Yuma high Ariz., when the Army elite skydiving demonstration team, the Golden Knights was training Heart stopping Aerial maneuvers, which they've become famous for.

Bowman, special operations forces Ranger scuba diver and sniper friend and teammate yourself Sgt. Jose Aguillon intended to make the "Diamond," the two had done more than 50 times before, however, this flexibility. Feb 6 demonstration during the Bowman's life changed forever.

Instead of crossing paths flexibility during the Bowman and Aguillon collided lightning speeds. Aguillon was killed, and the effects of both legs of the Bowman's amputated, was as soon as one of the knee and the second generation.

Despite his injuries nine months after the tragedy and called for an army re-enlisted Bowman skydiving as part of the ceremony, with his commander.

"How I look at, is we all have disabilidád" Bowman said. "Your injuries are the things that can't be done. "

He will go to promote Soldier TAMC resources and served as a result of the transition warriors morale booster.Major General Percival Wolf, executive officer WTB, that he introduced Bowman on the participation of the warriors, it was only the costs of the said.

"There to help our warriors WTB-you-see change back to duty, whether the National Guard, reserve, active duty or conversion," Wolf said. "The only objective is to provide you with the care and support for achieving the objectives-to start back to the page you can choose the path of the Bowman is an example of what can be done. "

It was during his visit to assist this Bowman General Keith Gallagher, are usually Pacific Medical regional command Deputy Secretary, 1st Lt. Regina Cantyne on the promotion of the master, and he gave where to buy maqui berry Commander coins 10 staff members shall be selected on the exceptional performance of their tasks.

"U. S. military men and women in all the services, on behalf of the I submit the coin is all," said Bowman. "It describes the spade, which is also called the army, Navy, air force, Marines and Coast Guard. on the opposite side of the three shields: Port, Police Department and Fire.

"The coin and the United States flag are men and women who have sacrificed for our country," he said, his reasons, after the jump is TAMC.

Since retirement from the armed forces, Bowman has received a Bachelor's degree in commercial air North Dakota University and he has become a motivational speaker, international, working with military and non-governmental bodies to promote the idea that "does not include information about disability; it is the ability to."

Love the game of ice hockey lähettikin warriors breaks the ice

HONOLULU-it might be cold inside the Ice Palace, but the hockey players of the Navy, air force, army, Marines, and Coast Guard heated up hard ice hockey contest will benefit from the development of lähettikin warriors, 29.

Charity hockey game was the brainchild of the Navy Petty Officer 1st Class David Taylor, the principal organizer of the event, who is employed in this common Base Pearl Harbor Hickam.

Taylor, Blue Team Captain "ice hockey after passion mine I was a boy, and if I was going to ever make some kind of charity event, it had to be something I enjoy doing," said."Hockey and the wounded Warrior Project quite naturally went together."

The wounded Warrior project is a general interest organization that honors and adjust lähettikin warriors awareness and enlisting the aid of citizens seriously injured service men and women according to the needs of the project will also help. these service members aid and assist each other.

"I believe that the wounded Warrior Project will affect the lives of Soldiers, sailors, Airmen, Marines and their families," Taylor said. "They have given so much to that country, and this is our thanking them. "

Taylor, which have been adopted to Iraq, the military personnel must be familiar with, in particular with a view to combating male and ranges.

Volunteers became common Base Pearl Harbor Hickam according to the first class Petty, USO Hawaii, Honolulu Police Department and staff throughout the island.

USO shall be paid to have time, posters and the players of the United States.

In person, authorised the sale of commemorative t-shirt sales and silent auction, the transaction between the raised more than $ 10,000, which goes to the wounded Warrior Project.

A silent auction featured collectible items, such as Team USA shirt shirt autographed by 2010, the Silver medal, Anaheim Ducks Hockey Team player Ryan Getzlaf, San Jose Sharks player Patrick Marleau signed shirt signed by Puck Jack Johnson and hockey stick signed by 2009-2010 Buffalo Sabres St. Louis Blues player signed by the wheel and the youth sized All-Star symbol.

Game pitted the Army/Air Force group, who wore white against the United States: ' Marines/Coast Guard/Navy team, who donned the blue of the United States.

Army/Air Force broke the ice by scoring the first goal during the first period. Josh James, 2nd Battalion, light infantry Regiment of their removal from, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th light infantry Division, scored the goal, to help Tom Bell, White Team captian, coming from the United States Pacific Command.

Peter Matonis, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd BCT scored the second goal, Bill Schwab, u.s. military-Pacific to another during the period.

Blue Team fought back and two-sided goals scored the second period. Rafi Steinger Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 37, scored the first, help, Craig Cercone, Headquarters Bn, Marine Corps Base. Hawaii.

Matt Pothier, PACOM, scored the team's second goal with the help of his Cercone, who arrive on the territory of the second game.

2-2, the third and final 20 minutes going into liquidation, transfer linked to score White Team will help you get up to speed and three-sided obtained. Michael Knaeble 535th Airlift Squadron, common Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, twice scored help from Rob Wooley, 1400 Medical Operations Squadron and Matonis.

Ed Cueno, 58th army police company, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Welcome Command, calculate the final objective to assist with the Wooley, his second game.

Jeremy Gabbard, Pacific fleet scored the final goal, Blue Team, Pothier, help the company make a comeback with the final leaving White Team winner final result is a 5-3.

"Even if the result is not what we wanted, we are looking forward for rematch next year," Taylor said. "The success of the Event was just phenomenal, and to all who came to show their support had a lot of time. "

May brand makeover to AHFH communities services

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS BOMBING, Hawaii army Hawaii family housing development reinvented itself 30.

It was re-named "the Island Palm communities" and debuted a new logo and brand elements.

Rebranding is part of the military in residential communities, Actus Lend-lease lainasalkkuun, aiming to create a family of characters is Actus nationwide initiative.

Claire of ridding-Johnston, AHFH project leader said "we change the name of a Palm Island communities and by providing a new logo and the graphic character elements will better reflect the quality of housing, communities and military Families provides us with a partnership with the army services."

A new advertising motto, "a lifestyle you earn, you belong to, place" is associated with the rebranding.

Family-oriented neighborhoods, outstanding recreational services and activities and services that most-post communities cannot provide the new symbol of the specific objectives of better regulation in the light of the commitment to AHFH stable and secure environment for this environment offers Families. communities if they build friendships with the neighbours who have similar experiences and feel really at home, comfortable with.

"The location AHFH also allowing us to view it, how we, in the context of our current and prospective residents, in particular through the US Web site traffic," of ridding-Johnston said.

"We are carried out in about a year ago, extensive research, which included interviewing with new and existing residents, as well as gaining a better understanding of their needs and what processes and experiences they have, whether it is designed to move them, or current resident" Hawaii of ridding-Johnston said.

The result is developed and organised in such a way as to facilitate the new site information.New Web tools have been added, which facilitates the future or existing, agreed by the residents have access to information and services.

The island Palm communities to launch a new website, Facebook page
Recent launches a new name, logo, and graphical character parts the Island Palm communities also went live with a new website.

Tom Adams, Vice President, property Management "new website has been developed much feeds just arrived inhabitants and the current residents," said.

"They are two different groups of users requires very different kinds of information, so that we can share our two sections-one of the Soldiers and families inbound and one of the current inhabitants of the Earth."

Incoming Soldiers use the valuable information and resources to help make it easier to set up a family transfer, also contains information about each of the body and the amenities and services, schools and the cost of living can be found in Hawaii. all the Islands in this section dedicated to families.

"Home search engine is one of the new features on our site," Adams said. "Soldier can Select his duty station, the value and then his successors.

"The search results appear on an individual basis to what communities are apartments, in a manner which is suited to his or her profile and the military could cause the floor plans, photos, and get a personal leasing consultant," Adams on.

Current residentsmakes Web site easier for families about news, activities and services.

Individual community pages dis-play news and information on specific communitywide effect to the community.

The second feature is the online-form submission tool that makes it easier for people to do things, such as vehicles, pets or the registry to request a satellite dish installation or notify the community change.

Even if the signatures and approval markings are still needed several requests from residents of the trip will save their community center.

"We want our services available to its staff, and easily and the information and site tools help" Adams said.

Visit the website for more information about special occasions islandpalmcommunities.com.., and other information, search for Facebook "Island Palm communities."

One of the Group! the main leaders of the cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, the disaster contingencies, cooperation

HONOLULU, Hawaii, U.s. Army Pacific senior leaders met with more than 30 other army and State leaders of the Asia Pacific-leading civil Military seminar in this context, the responsibility for the development of the countries of the region of the Pacific 31 Sept 1. Focused on improving the regional disaster relief that has selected the seminar was the first of a series of annual events to bring together senior military and the leaders of the Asia-Pacific region.

Leaders, representing thus commanding USARPAC is included in the General Lt. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, Deputy Commander of the Army National Guard, major-General General Joseph j. Chaves and käyttövarantoja Command post Deputy Chief of staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Chelsea Chae.

His thoughts and observations of Chaves said, "the seminar was an excellent opportunity to develop and to exchange ideas, as it relates to humanitarian aid and disaster relief during the first 10 days of the natural disaster in Asia staff military and emergency management."

U.s. Ambassador to Nepal Scott Delisi "from the point of view of the evolution of the u.s. Government, foreign policy and humanitarian response to the three main areas are effectively well-served programs, such as in this seminar," said. He added that these all contribute to global stability, which is for all Nations, including the interest of the United States

Chaves said, "by using as the starting point for Haiti response time, the seminar, the participants referred to in the forum where you can drill down on account of the many problems and explore international and regional conflicts which have responsibility for the reconstruction of the earthquake in the Pacific. some of the best ideas and proposed solutions became partners in Asia, which deals with recurring natural disasters."

Lucke, United States Ambassador Lewis Coordinator for Haitian earthquake response of opening remarks Lt. General P.K. Keen, the u.s. military commander in southern Command with Deputy.Each joint civil-military experience will enter into force on 1 January 2010 the disaster, when they acted together.

Military and Government officials, the management of Malaysia, Thailand, India, Nepal and the Philippines was the participation of their counterparts with PACOM and its components, including the Special Operations command, U.s. Army, Pacific, United States air force and the US Pacific fleet.
The international humanitarian community was represented by the United Nations World Food Programme, the said Office of coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation.

General Brig. Mike Keltz, Deputy Director of Operations, plans, requirements and application perspective, said that the USPACAF US Army seminar shows how a well developed and the capacity of the international agreements.

"Often, when the US army arrives at the disaster substantially destroyed, national capacity, such as disasters But with Haiti. process such as cyclones in Bangladesh, or flooding of Malaysia, mass and is already in use or under development resolved, national, regional and international reference points," said Keltz.

"It was pleasant to see how far the Asian and Pacific countries have come and how national resources really only need to jump US Army support-started," he said.
Keltz found that partner countries ' capacity in this respect, it is particularly effective in order to be able to use its resources to the u.s. military.

ASEAN and the said began 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which claimed that more than 230,000 life and costs 9.9 billion u.s. dollars damage, sparked the growth of disasters, which led to agreements on the coordination of military civilian administration international dialogue

"Events, such as they are extremely important because it provides a large number of people in different areas around Asia-Pacific region, which is vulnerable to catastrophe," said Lt. General Pawan Jung Thapa Nepali. He added that his country's delegation to the presence of the seminar, the top led by Ambassador Delisi, reflects the Nepal to improve national and international disaster relief.

A seminar on lessons learned and centered. main issues singled out for coordination and liaison with contracts, information sharing and distribution logistics. Despite the international and regional framework emphasizes the participants underscored that a good disaster response is initiated by the community and at national level before the regional and international frameworks come into play.

"I think ... countries should, in consultation and to develop mutual protocols to military, civilian authorities, aid, if necessary," Amit JHA joint Indian National Disaster Management Agency Secretary of State said.

"But I would like to emphasize that in the end the disaster management is the best in the field of civil and community-led effort."

Representatives Expressed hope that the dialogue, which began a seminar has suffered.

"I find this seminar can be the start of something big in the future. Ronald Flores, the Civil Defense Executive Officer Philippine national Disaster coordination Council formal grouping of high civil and military purposes managers, who are engaged in disaster relief, in my view, is the idea that it is time," He said. stated that the UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND efforts can mirror process with Disaster Management and Emergency Response is expected to become operational next year ASEAN Agreement.

-We value highly the efforts which has taken the Pacific Command this aspect, and you have it-lead is a very good but there are a lot of work that remains to be done, "said Thapa, saying that more is required for the learned, and discuss."We must be constantly communication and interaction with stakeholders, so that the issues that may affect their ability to relate to disaster relief in the future is now. "

The Center for Disaster Management and humanitarian Excellence event u. S, on behalf of the Pacific Command.

The event is part of the COE launched this year to improve civil-military disaster relief each year in the top management level, the regional series. last month, COE run similar workshop in Nepal to assemble the main South-Asian civilian and military aspects of effective revocation.

PTA fire crews control flames

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii at the u.s. Army Garrison--Hawaii's Pohakuloa training area, which began at about 9: 30 development 22, around one quarter mile east of PTA's main port of Mauna Kea State Park, wildfire, approximately 80% turns off, and burned the estimated 1,386 Ares, Sept 1 day.

The wind continued to affect visibility payable blowing dust and dry air through the circling the ash in the area.

Army fire crews, Hawaii County Fire Department and the staff of the National Park Service, and Hawaii's Division, Forestry and Wildlife battled on tanker vessels subject to brush tanks, bulldozers and helicopters, fire with blaze 11 days.

Ground crews are currently conducting mop-up and patrol. even if the fire must be quenched, recovery operations to continue for two weeks in order to ensure the fire completely smothered. This accounts for the remaining 20% of the fire protection of the environment.

There is no structures has entered and not injuries firefighters, Soldiers or civilians have been reported at this time.

24 the development of the fire was 55% palonkatkaisulinjat fire in East and West have been dug with the flanks.Saddle Finisher-Road was also the firebreak.

Firefighters for Oahu, Maui and big island had joined forces, douse the flames. Six helicopter crews (three contracted staff, one of the Marine Corps Base Hawaii) and two from HiLo Hawaii Army National Guard worked together to prevent the spread of the fire.

In wildfire was submitted to the new challenges that working days, as Mauna Kea, where the terrain is steep with lava substrate shall mean volcanic ash and soil consists of in the middle of the south slope of the 150 for firefighters.

Power and lines have been damaged, it impacting the area, local communities, is a critical communication conduit Kona and HiLo. Bradshaw army general aviation airport was closed.

Crews from the Islands from all over the world, joined together, and true to the spirit of Hawaiian ohana forming Families diverse those who all worked towards a common objective of protection and conservation of the always proved or land.

All staff are working diligently to Soldiers, civilians continue to be members of the community in order to ensure the safety of the region.

ROTC cadet receives honor scholarship

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii-1st Lt. Nainoa Hoe scholarship, Honor was presented to the University of Hawaii, Manoa I and Army ROTC Cadet, Haley Rintaro Kanda Okamura battle Command Training Center, here on the development of 26.

U.s. Army Garrison-Hawaii hosts the fourth annual event equal to 1 000 Prize., recognizes outstanding students enrolled in the Army ROTC Cadet Command scholarship program at Manoa.

Manoa's ROTC Battalion "Warrior" is a well known it produces officers are.Unit is valkuaisaineen unique that it is a battle of the campaign or the Ribbon, in the heroic actions of the Manoa cadets was December 1941.

Column Douglas Mulbury Commander, USAG-HI said "Okamura's choice to identify his exceptional scholastic and leadership properties.". "His young age he has demonstrated repeatedly values and personal fortitude that one would expect for the army, in today's statesman. "

Okamura received another 1 000 in the own funds of a scholarship by the businessman, Waimanalo Ohelo Kaopio through and Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation launched the Foundation scholarship, 2003. [1] [2] as a way of honoring America's fallen war heroes and identification of extraordinary students from all over the nation who are interested in pursuing military or as a public service.

Okamura is Dexter and Glyins Okamura. Both of his grandfathers are entered in the service as a member of the armed forces.

Nainoa Hoe scholarship is granted annually to the 1st Lt. Nainoa Hoe, former ROTC cadet and the University of Hawaii, who was killed action January 22, 2005, while the team Soldiers leading from 25th Utin Division 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, as a matter of routine life memorialize, foot patrol Mosul, Iraq.

The command post exercise winds in Korea

COMMAND POST OSCAR, South Korea-Exercise Ulchi freedom Guardian 2010 completed development of 26.

Computer simulation of the use of the submitted to the directors and staff at all levels with two weeks of intensive training in realistic.

ROK-US combined Forces Command command post exercise led to every summer fine tune the ROK-US Alliance and joint warfighting skills.

"For the purposes of this exercise, confirms again that we are ready to fight and win tonight," said eighth army thus commanding general Lt. Gen. Joseph f. Fil Jr. ", such as history has shown repeatedly, is ready is the key to Eyelash Serum prevent, and, if necessary, the prevailing conflicts."

Fil said exercise confirmed that the ROK-US Alliance agile and so in Adaptive confront and loss for the current and future threats to the stability of the Republic of Korea and the whole of the North-East Asia.

Eighth Army thus Commanding General also said that, as the UFG exercises are testament u.s. kalastuskapasiteettinsa's commitment to the Republic of Korea.

"Have the honour to accept legacy of American Soldiers who have served in Korea in the past 60 years," said Fil. "We are proud to offer you defend the hard earned the freedom that they fought to attain. "

UFG is the world's largest annual command post exercise. second two annual exercises in South Korea, UFG following use Key Resolve/Foal Eagle, which takes place at an early stage in the spring.

The first exercise is preparing a new CCP load fast unit for deployment

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii, United States Army, Pacific, käyttövarantoja Command post, the first of its kind in the United States army unit runs successfully using the load with the US air force 535th Airlift support Squadron, 15th Air Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, Sept 1.
The exercise participants specified and preparing to 162,000 sterling devices fast deployment.

Whenever you are doing something "for the first time, there is no rule, so we are in the calculation of the avoimimpana," said the Chief Warrant Officer Brendan Kelly, aviations operations and the introduction of the Assessment Team USARPAC planning authority.

"[CCP] we are the nucleus for the joint working party, an instance of humanitarian and disaster relief, but the situation may be several scenarios in which the introduction of merit" CCP.

CCP personnel-Fort Shafter Hickam AFB, convoyed and download all information, including the introduction of the employment of Soldiers. when using the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, forces and rapid introduction of a large military transport aircraft. Participating in the joint staff aircraft vehicles, equipment and sets a number of different types of pallets.

"In this case is a simulation of what would otherwise occur CCP actually is going somewhere and to react quickly," said Sgt. 1st Class Lameka Drake, the exercise movement and mobility planning USARPAC senior logistician.

"Before we had the vehicle taking Hickam, pre-inspections, driver license checks, why dispatch vehicles, the secondary load checks that all data has been loaded correctly, weight and much more."

CCP is the most demonstration units compared to the small enterprise and, therefore, should be completely self-sufficient.Currently 96 73 different job CCP with specialities of the particular tasks assigned to the staff and the entity to be able to respond and put into service within 72 hours.

"We're Soldiers and the specifications of the branch first consider ex professional initiative and tactical curiosity are necessary so that this concept is successful, the essential features," said Kelly.
CCP is a unique point of view of the armed forces of a given operation.Its purpose is to quickly across the Pacific as is necessary to lay down the Command and control capabilities to the United States Pacific Command USARPAC Command contingency plans in support of the form.

"CCP, it is important to the army, because it offers more flexibility in responding to General contingent, including in particular responsibility for, the Pacific region," said Lt. column Rudy Aquino, USARPAC CCP Protection officer of the Council.

Policy coordination was made 535th Airlift, C-5s Hawaii of Squadron. "We are here to support a harsh airlift to the location where you want to move to within 72 hours of "said the United States Air Force staff sergeant Jason Scaffidi, the load on the master with 535th."More precisely, when USARPAC CCP calls us, 24 hours later, we must be in the air. "

The exercise is the first step in the preparation of the fully operational capable or FOC, which takes place in 2011, 11, Philippine BALIKATAN exercise on an annual basis on the joint multinational exercise During the last step. BALIKATAN CCP (augmentation) actually fly to the Philippines, two C-5s unit installations necessary to load all the self sustainment. This loads the Exercise is the first Rehearsal this last step in the preparation.

"Our senior management understand now they will be able to take paper product and see how it physically display aircraft," said the Chief Warrant Officer Michael Miller, USARPAC CCP movement order officer. "Now they understand our equipment size limits the size of the aircraft. "

The training is presented in good Scaffidi, the interoperability of the army and air force. "CCP may be Soldiers, who has not seen the inside of the C-17 and the load or work with masters or racks and a lot of our friends, who is not seen much of rolling stock, such as by means of vehicles loaded today. "

"Backing in any truck or HMWVV is hard, but putting the cargo to the other side of the aircraft that a trillion, which magnifies or minimizes the" said Scaffidi.

All parties agreed that the event actually training and to see the equipment and personnel to place on the other hand, it certainly helped design simply continue to CCP becoming FOC.

"All the world's most plans are great on paper, but as a start but is actually to go through physical execution to determine exactly where you have to do what you have planned," said Aquino.

Typhoon Kompasu strikes Us army garrisons in Korea

YONGSAN GARRISON, Korea-Korean-Military garrisons were ready Typhoon Kompasu, category 1 tropical cyclone that hit Peninsula early Sept. 2 mph sustained winds with 65.

There have been injuries have been reported in the u. s. Army personnel, but the storm has caused moderate widely injury.

Four U.s. Army garrisons in the Korean peninsula Yongsan Garrison took him, Dennis Stockwell, plans and operations plans USAG Yongsan Department, training, mobilization and Security Chief storm most more than half of the installation to be borne by the losing power, including Camp Market and Command Post Tango. Several trees were uprooted and several buildings and structures caused by the wind and tree damage.

Stockwell said damage shall be assessed at Yongsan is still in progress-a number of buildings and vehicles handled for trees and debris.Power has been restored, but action remains electricity back to the remaining areas.

Although the USAG Humphreys was power outages, more than 200 trees is toppled and one aircraft hallitiloja lost part of its roof Lori Yerdon Humphreys public affairs official said. Other structures, such as stocks, and the second hallitiloja took as little wind damage. Yerdon, said that the efforts made to save approximately 50 trees, which were blown.

Part of the Air Base, just a few miles from the Zojirushi Rice Cooker Humphreys, damage and short power outages received according to the Senior Airman Evelyn Chavez 51st Fighter Wing public affairs expert.

USAG Red Cloud and Casey was no structural damage, and only a short power outages around 100 trees, Brent Abare, Deputy Commander of the garrison USAG Casey.

USAG Daegu, South Korea was the peninsula South, does not affect.

Stockwell said the emphasis on the vulnerability of bases, in particular, back to a sense of normalcy Yongsan. concern, he said, was preparing the second possible interest from the storm.

"Garrison in the car to recovery" said Stockwell. "People were a good idea to type the following at the command prompt help if necessary. "

Abare is credited to the rapid exploitation of one important factor: "we were finished."

Guard members train in new Horizons in Haiti

GONAIVES, Haiti (29 June 2010)--Nevada National Guard Soldiers in military police company took part in the 485th U.s. Army South New Horizons-Haiti 2010 workgroup Kout men multiple use of process engineering, and medical education sites, June 26 June 10 in the area of the Haitian Gonaives.

"Our goal is to provide a security engineer for construction, medical assistance and New Horizons-Haiti encampment site, the US forces," said 1st Sgt. Steve t. Lawrence, first sergeant with the 485th MP.

New Horizons provides real-world experience in the various branches of education servicemembers.

Captain Bruce e. Billings, provost Marshal of the Task Force Kout men "military police prepare for the operation this is moving in the same way they prepare for the battlefield, the task in the same way," said. "The only difference is the threat level and the amount of ammo and pass on. "

First Lt. Robert f. Kolvet, 485th MP with the head of the team said he considers Soldiers teach the task, but will not release into the environment of a culture. "Before the ground, to acquire and to deal with the reality will not be able to understand the difference. "

Billings, Montana believes this experience to teach Soldiers interpersonal skills and those of the host country of the police to deal with the domestic population ".

Spc. Carolina Dealba, MP Officer considers that all the roles, and has learned how to with each other. "The company is essential to understand the operationally, follow the "," said Dealba.

This task is also a learning experience, company commander and first sergeant.

Billings, Montana "Soldiers can see how the management of the work assigned to them," said.

Kolvet noncommissioned officers and young people feel a Soldiers ready to use. they have proved themselves in which they operate during this operation, he said.

South of the United States Army and army reserve Soldiers prepare for New Horizons

Army reserve Soldiers 399th Combat support Hospital out of New York, for the manufacture of medical bags New Horizons-Haiti 2010 encampment June 27 patients, they will see the United States Army South New Horizons Ennery medical assistance site at.

New Horizons, Haiti, in collaboration with the Government of the United States visit the various medical, dental and technical tasks for the inhabitants of Gonaives. New Horizons offers at our US Army-world environment, gain valuable experience.

Staff Sgt. Andrews Kyere, patient administrative specialist "today, we have only to prepare for the week in advance," said. "I hope you can do as much as we can the Haitian people while we are here. "

399Th Combat support Hospital general medical support Soldiers provides June and 31 July 9.

Major-General John Johnson, physician 399th Combat support hospital considers this New Horizons is high. "I get to what to do-do not take care of the people. "

U.s. Army South New Horizons-Haiti 2010 international work

The United States to demonstrate the continued commitment of the Haitian people are MANDRIN, Haiti-at the moment they leave their encampment in the morning, the outskirts of Gonaives, Haiti, return each evening, the Task Force Kout men (Creole helping Hands), forces from that point.
12 Jan 2010 earthquake in Haiti, as in the United States has contributed to almost 1.1 billion dollar relief and recovery efforts towards another 1.15 billion dollars has been promised in the coming years, which corresponds to approximately 22% of the total of nearly 40 other countries.
Currently, at the request of the Government of Haiti is 500 U.s. Army South, US army reserve component Forces, United States Navy and US air force personnel conducting different dentist, and technical work focused on humanitarian aid in Haiti. Jäätikkösola National Guard column Michael Borrell is thus commanding them.
Borrell's view, it is good to give back. "As many of the United States and the international community came to Louisiana's support for the following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which it makes me proud as US military officer to the Haitian people come here to do something," Borrell said.
Borrell: Working Group, Kout men sets are part of an international, within 10 seconds, click New Horizons, to the South of the United States; US army Command sponsored South is made on the basis of the common foreign military interaction/humanitarian work.Almost daily on the basis of Borrell's staff work with foreign troops and the Haitian people.In fact, contingent in law upon export performance forces arrived at the New Horizons in Belize, Haiti 2010 encampment on Friday, June 25. in respect of the following month be living and working jäätikkösola National Guard and the United States Navy Seabees Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Fort McCoy, Bryggare ran out of engineers
Some projects began almost forces working on Belize two weeks ago, when engineers from Task Force Kout men jäätikkösola National Guard contingent began the work of the two new three classroom buildings, Lycee Louis Diaquoi Desronvilles two schools for the renovation and new construction of three classroom school Spanish.All three of these projects run by the National Guard jäätikkösola. Task force has also started the work of the Seabees is a new, two classroom school Ecole National k. Georges, out-of-the-water well rehabilitation project of one of the school and the other two studies on the performance of the site.
The same task force medical and dental groups vis-à-vis the US air force Medical group, 319th Grand cleaning, N.D., United States Navy OHSU (Operational Health support Unit), Dallas and OHSU lakes make a lot of medical assistance to the Haitian people during more than three weeks. 12,000 patients have been treated in the context of the medical readiness training Saint Marc, L ' Estere and Poteau.
United States Navy Seaman gap Aydemir Sibel Milwaukee, Bryggare, serving his first New Horizons, and considers that the opportunity to serve the needs of the Haitian people, as a member of the Working Group, a medical readiness team Kout men "to" one. "I volunteered Sibel when the earthquake first happened and I am happy, in addition, be able to come here and help," said.
Offers a lot of task force engineer and medical humanitarian work external security are the armed forces of Argentina. it supports the UN Mission for the stabilization of Haiti or MINUSTAH. MINUSTAH works closely with the Haitian officials of the New Horizons training for personnel involved in undertaking to ensure the safety and protection.
Nevada National Guardsman Pfc. Patricia Arnold, 485th Army military police Co.-Reno, Nev., considers the relationship between MINUSTAH and his fellow Soldiers well regarded. Arnold "We must, as a general rule, several hundred people, our medical preparedness exercises in such a way as to when we need a little extra back up at the port to keep folks safely through the line moves, we cannot always rely on, are displayed in the" said.
New Horizons of the Mission of substantive goal is to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to Haiti engineer and support the long-term recovery operations to the Haitian people at the same time, the United States, the United States forces readiness support.
Borrell's view, the New Horizons capacity to carry out his Task Force, for example, Kout men sets are undertaking is of paramount importance to the education of the United States military installations correctly. "This experience cannot be replicated and experience here will help our US military personnel may be even better prepared and always there when our country, "said Borrell.