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.