Fort Shafter News

Winding up a duty tour in South Korea, the general tapped to become the Pacific Army Reserve's first female commander says technology and continual training with South Korean soldiers can match any threat from an increasingly bellicose Kim Jong Il.

A 23-year-old Army reservist assigned to the 100th Battalion, who was just seven weeks away from coming home, was killed Wednesday when his vehicle rolled over during a convoy operation in Iraq.

If you are looking for adventure, a place to relax, a place to experience new and different things, then maybe a visit to Oahu Hawaii would be perfect for you.

An Army officer with an extensive background in engineering takes over today as commander of Fort A.P. Hill.

Actus Lend Lease will perform the redevelopment of the lodging facilities and lodging operations will be assumed by the InterContinental Hotels Group .

Army officials say it will be months before investigators complete an official report on the fatal helicopter crash at Wheeler Army Airfield.

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- The Soldiers of the 7th Engineer Dive Detachment are back on dry land, following 10 days of a dive re-certification training exercise, May 11 through 22, in the coastal waters off the big island of Hawaii.

Hung Woon "Harold" Ahn Dec. 10, 1924 - " May 31, 2009 Hung Woon "Harold" Ahn - father of Jenny Ahn Wangoe, father-in-law of Peter J. Wangoe Sr., and grandfather of Peter J. Wangoe II, all of San Juan Island - succumbed to extensive medical issues at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii.

More than 150 soldiers from the 130th Engineer Brigade at Schofield Barracks will say goodbye to their families today as they head off on a deployment to Iraq.

CHUBBUCK, Idaho>> The death of a young Idaho soldier in a helicopter accident in Hawaii has prompted an outpouring of grief and support from friends and acquaintances in southeastern Idaho.

Money from the federal economic stimulus package has started to flow into the islands, with the Navy putting out nearly $42 million in construction contracts and the Hawaii congressional delegation announcing about $64 million in Army projects.

The May 25 observance of Memorial Day ceremony, and the luncheon that followed, drew a host of former and current service members, many of whom had stories to share about their times in uniform.

Dennis and Karen Sakuma placed bird of paradise flowers from their Mililani yard yesterday on the grave of Shigeo 'Joe' Takata, their uncle and a soldier in the famed 100th Infantry Battalion, who died in combat in Italy in 1943.

Broadway's Bloody Mary - that's our Loretta Ables Sayre, now in her second year in the hit Broadway musical, "South Pacific" - is taking a week's breather from her Lincoln Center spotlight to head home for a "Bali Ha'i" of a different kind.

Ridosh, a 2005 graduate of Edison High School, was also named to the spring dean's list with a 4.0 gpa.

Members of the Naval Hospital Yokosuka Emergency Response Team examine a mock casualty during a Camp Zama exercise Wednesday that had emergency personnel responding to a simulated explosion and chemical weapons attack in a housing area on base.

The Army Reserve in the Pacific will get its first female leader: Brig. Gen. Michele Gillen Compton, who has been a reservist for more than two decades.

Amid dimmed lights Soldiers received a taste of Polynesia through colorful dancing, heart-felt music and lively cultural-inspired speeches.

Two more cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Hawaii, the first sign that the flu is spreading within the community.

Photo credit Amy L. Bugala, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, Public Affairs U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Volunteers of the Year gather for a keepsake photo.