Fort Shafter News

On Sunday, November 8, 2009 a trio of walkers will step-off on a four-day 135-mile trek across Oahu to raise awareness and to benefit severely wounded service members and disabled veterans of the current military conflicts.

Two Army leaders in Hawaii expressed concern today for the soldiers and families affected by the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, the Army's largest post.

Armed with federal contracts, Hawaii businesses have created or saved 250 jobs in the eight months since the creation of the economic stimulus package, according to preliminary data.

On Oct. 19, 1940, the Hawaiian Air Force was established. It activated Nov. 1, 1940, at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii, and assigned to the Hawaiian Department, U. S. Army to control the growing number of air units arriving in Hawaii that year.

Two Hawaii-based brigadier Army generals have been nominated to get their second stars.

Jake Shimabukuro, the self-styled 'ukulele wizard who's easily the most popular of his generation of strummers, has launched the Chameleon Quarterly, an e-newsletter that supports the notion that Music Is Good Medicine.

A The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, under the leadership of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is deploying teams to American Samoa in response to the Sept.

Federal Coordinating Officer Kenneth Tingman of FEMA, arrives in American Samoa yesterday morning to facilitate relief efforts from Tuesdaya s tsunami/earthquake. [photo: Barry Markowitz] The confirmed death toll from Tuesday's earthquake and tsunami stands at 31 following the discovery of three bodies yesterday; while the government is ...

Survivors of Tuesday's devastating, early-morning earthquake and tsunami that struck America Samoa and Samoa need tents, cots, water and medical supplies, says the Pacific Command's top enlisted soldier.

Critical Solutions International, Inc., Dallas, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $259,877,400 firm-fixed-priced-contract for 150 each vehicle mounted mine detector without mine detonation trailer set.

On Sept. 19, the remains of the late U.S. Army Sgt. Youvert Loney, 28, arrived at Pohnpei International Airport aboard a U.S. Army C-17 aircraft.

Army Specialist Daniel Glenister, grandson of Naijo Nomura-Belford of Pago Pago was recognized as the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Hawaii Enlisted Member of the Month for August at a luncheon held on August 11, 2009.

Honolulu-based Nan Inc. has secured an initial piece of a potentially $900 million U.S. military contract infused with federal stimulus money to build and improve facilities worldwide.

The 413th Contracting Support Brigade, which was activated last week at Fort Shafter, is not a typical Army unit.

"Barnum" The Musical "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute" cries P. T. Barnum in Army Community Theatre's "Barnum" opening September 10th at Richardson Theatre on Fort Shafter.

Local theater is taking center stage this season. There are no extravagant traveling Broadway productions like 'Mamma Mia!' or 'The Lion King' scheduled yet for the 2009-2010 season.

Ian Lind has unearthed some classic photographs taken on Waikiki Beach during WWII, that feature Duke Kahanamoku, George Downing, Tarzan Smith and some beach beauties displaying trophies from King Kamehameha Day, June 1944.

A half century and five months ago, the statehood bonfire was a bonfire like no other in Hawai'i. On March 12, 1959, a pile of logs and lumber 60 feet high, 50 yards in diameter and saturated with 2,000 gallons of kerosene was set ablaze on Sand Island at 7:25 p.m. and burned until 4 a.m. The fire marked the passage of Hawai'i's statehood bill by ...

Behringer Harvard announced today its investment in a public-private partnership between the U.S. Army and Actus Lend Lease LLC that will privatize the transient lodging facilities on 10 U.S. Army bases located in eight states.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Honolulu has awarded a $1 million contract to Innovative Constructors Hawaii .