Schofield Barracks News

Ruby Beck holds a photograph of her late husband Master Sergeant Edward Beck who served in the 21st Infantry at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack Dec.

Published: Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 11:01 p.m. Gilbert Crutchfield of Tanner wishes he had had a machine gun instead of a shotgun.

PHILADELPHIA a ' Saturday, Dec. 6, 1941, was payday. By the time various deductions were made, John Joniec and his Army buddies in Schofield Barracks had little mad money left.

Monday is the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a sneak military strike that thrust the United States into World War II.

The destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941.

More than 180 Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers will be mobilized next month and sent to Afghanistan for nearly a year.

Brig. Gen. Robert B. Brown, second in command of the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks since December 2007, has been picked to become chief of staff of U.S. Army Europe and the 7th Army and deputy commanding general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Germany.

Nearly 6,000 residential homes on Oahu Army posts next year will be part of a pilot program intended to help soldiers and their families save on electrical costs.

A series of briefings for federal employees on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island will be held from Tuesday through Dec.

Myrtle Watson holds the flag that once flew over Schofield Barracks hospital at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

It was my summer read, 1960. I was 12 and had already come to see the world as a harsh place ruled by secret agendas.

Suicides in the Army are expected to reach a new high this year, with 140 suspected cases among active-duty soldiers so far, Army officials said yesterday.

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS - About 2,100 Hawai'i soldiers - just back from Iraq - stood in formation yesterday as the 25th Infantry Division unfurled its battle flag from the yearlong deployment.

Country music artist Lee Ann Womack plans to perform for troops and their families at Schofield Barracks onThursday.

Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's, but a recent decline in the pace of such deaths could mean the Army is making progress in stemming them, officials said Tuesday.

Honolulu Police on Sunday night were searching for the man accused of a sexual assault in Wahiawa.

Almost all of Oahu's beaches can get very crowded, but there's a nice long stretch of sand at Oahu's northern tip that's almost completely deserted.

The Department of Defense confirms two soldiers were killed when their "Kiowa" helicopter went down in Tikrit, Iraq, Nov.

The military is investigating the circumstances of a helicopter crash in Iraq that claimed the lives of two Hawaii-based soldiers.

Crowds of onlookers lined Farrington Highway in Waianae yesterday for the Veterans Day Parade sponsored by the Waicanae Military Civilian Advisory Council.