Wyatt Olson
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Honolulu, HI, United States
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Lightning strikes spark wildfires at Army training area in Hawaii
A day-old pair of wildfires continued to rage through a military training range Monday on Hawaii’s Big Island as three Army helicopters joined the firefighting effort. → Read More
Space Force plans massive soil removal to remedy fuel leak on Maui summit
Contaminated soil must be removed after a catastrophic storage tank failure saturated the ground with diesel fuel at a mountaintop observatory on Maui operated by U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific, its commander said. → Read More
Apache helicopter rolls over during takeoff in Alaska, injuring 2 soldiers
Two soldiers were injured and an Army AH-64D Apache was damaged in the rollover at the Talkeetna airport Sunday afternoon, the service said. → Read More
VA pays $201 million in retro benefits to ‘blue water’ vets under 2020 court ruling
The VA recently informed the National Veterans Legal Services Program that since 2021 it had paid that amount in back benefits to 6,922 Navy veterans who served on ships in open sea off the shore of Vietnam, the NVLSP said in a news release. → Read More
Navy sacks two warship commanders in one day over ‘loss of confidence’
The Navy fired the commanders of two East Coast-based vessels, a guided-missile destroyer and an amphibious transport dock, due to unspecified performance issues. → Read More
Marine Corps activates Hawaii-based C-130 refueling squadron as part of force redesign
The Marine Corps has activated a cargo plane squadron in Hawaii that is one part of the service’s move to design a force capable of outmaneuvering any adversary. → Read More
Navy moves toward leaner, more agile hospital ships with new funding
The massive defense spending bill signed into law last month includes funding for a new breed of Navy medical ship with the speed and agility to serve more as ambulance than hospital. → Read More
Pentagon ends contentious policy of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
The Pentagon announced the formal end of mandated vaccination of all members of the armed forces against COVID-19, a policy rollback required in the defense authorization bill passed last month. → Read More
VA plans to waive some copayments for American Indian, Alaska Native veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to waive copayments for eligible American Indian and Alaska Native veterans for visits to community-based urgent care facilities. → Read More
‘It still hurts’: One of the last Merrill’s Marauders dies in Alabama at 101
Gabriel Kinney, who fought behind Japanese enemy lines in Burma as one of the famed Merrill’s Marauders, died Sunday in Hanceville, Ala., at 101. → Read More
‘Chaos. Noise. Chaos. Explosions’: Witnesses gather in Hawaii on Pearl Harbor attack’s 81st anniversary
For almost all of the roughly 2,500 people attending the ceremony to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the sights, sounds and terrors of the surprise attack can only be imagined. → Read More
‘Peeling an onion’: A single tooth points to missing soldier who died on his birthday in Vietnam
The route by which a molar made it from a Vietnam jungle to a Defense Department lab in Hawaii remains a partial mystery. → Read More
Toxic firefighting foam leak erupts at Red Hill fuel storage site in Hawaii
Federal firefighters responded to a leak of hundreds of gallons of fire suppressant foam at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on the outskirts of Honolulu. → Read More
Searchers find five World War II-era US bombers in waters off Croatia
Searchers have located the wrecks of five B-24 bombers that crashed into the Adriatic Sea during World War II, three of which are associated with 23 still-missing crew members. → Read More
Moments of doubt and shame: One man’s struggle to build the Vietnam memorial wall
Robert Doubek’s role in the contentious three-year quest to construct a memorial honoring Vietnam War veterans near the National Mall began in 1979 with a voice in the back of a room. → Read More
Army alarmed by spate of suspected soldier suicides in Alaska
The Army in Alaska is once again grappling with a spike in soldier suicides over the past month after bringing the number down significantly in 2022 through prevention efforts. → Read More
Thousands of troops ready for combat training across Hawaii
Roughly 6,000 troops began moving into positions throughout the Hawaiian Islands over the past week as a prelude to a 10-day training scenario simulating what warfighters could expect in a conflict with China. → Read More
Navy’s Goshawk jet fleet remains grounded for second week as engine probe continues
The Navy continues to investigate the root cause of an engine problem discovered in a T-45C Goshawk jet earlier this month that led to the grounding of the fleet of 193 trainer aircraft. → Read More
Navy makes first moves to drain faulty fuel tanks in Hawaii
The long-anticipated first step in emptying fuel from the Navy’s massive Red Hill underground storage tanks near Pearl Harbor is set to begin, Navy officials said. → Read More
US, Japan, South Korea begin missile-defense drills in wake of North Korean launches
Warships from the United States, Japan and South Korea commenced a ballistic missile defense exercise Thursday in the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. → Read More