Schofield Barracks News

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

The commander of 1,000 Hawai'i Marines who returned about a month ago from fighting in southern Afghanistan yesterday said he is equally optimistic about the country's future and the task of more Marines heading there to bring stability to it under President Obama's new plan.

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.

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.

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

He was 89. Born in Baltimore and raised in Canton, Mr. Travers attended Patterson High School for a year before dropping out and going to work in waterfront packing houses in Fells Point and Canton to help support his family.

Staff Sgt. Leatimua with two of his six children. Pictured are Iosefa, 6 yrs old and Falefaoali'i, 13 months.

Suicides caused by mental stress on soldiers have increased in recent years, and the Army has launched a pilot program aimed at identifying the most vulnerable.

Headquarters Company Commander Holly Y. Grey; 130th Engineer Brigade Commander Fabian E. Mendoza Jr.; SSG Zachary L. Cianciosi; 130th Engineer Brigade Command Sergeant Major Dale A. Moran; and Headquarters Company First Sergeant Frank S. Salajcik pose for a picture after Cianciosi received his award.

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 Tuesday.

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A COL. GEORGE WRIGHT :A Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.A My name is George Wright.A I'm with Army Public Affairs.A Welcome to today's media roundtable.A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A We're joined by General Peter Chiarelli, vice chief of staff of the Army; Brigadier General Colleen McGuire, director of the Army ...

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.

Services for 24-year-old Army Chief Warrant Officer Earl "Scotty" Scott III, who was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Iraq, will be at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station's All Saints Chapel at 2:30 p.m. today.

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

TOPEKA, Kan.>> A former Schofield Barracks and Pacific Command general has been picked to help train local army and police forces in Afghanistan.

The shockwaves from the bombing of Pearl Harbor nearly 70 years ago made their way around the world in the days after the historic attack.

The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that an Idaho solider is one of two Army soldiers killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Tikrit, Iraq.

A photo of a soldier using scissors to trim grass on a tiny plot of turf at what appears to be some remote location has been circulating on the internet for several years has been a mystery.