Schofield Barracks News

Tom McWilliams moved from these islands some 30 years ago, but his memories and heart remain here, where he spent a dozen years working in both radio and television.

Sgt. Caleb Hawkins was greeted by his fiancee, Brittany Lamoureux, yesterday at the Wheeler Army Airfield Gymnasium.

WAIKIKI BEACH, HAWAII Raquel Ester Nino of Odessa and William Kenneth Scott Iker of Cincinnati were married May 9 at Waikiki Beach in Waikiki, Hawaii, with the Rev.

A portion of the gothic-style steeple of Schofield Barracks' Soldiers Chapel was part of a structure originally commissioned by Queen Lili'uokalani in 1913.

DIMONDALE - 2003 Waverly High School grad Sgt. Scott Kenyon received the Silver Star for his courage during a skirmish in Iraq's Anbar Province in June, 2008.

A 33-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier charged with shooting and killing a fellow soldier in Iraq has waived his preliminary hearing and is working on a plea agreement with Army prosecutors, an Army spokeswoman said.

A 28-year-old Ohio soldier who flew home from Schofield Barracks in 2005 to confront and kill his wife's lover has finally been convicted by a jury.

Dressed to get down and dirty, a group of cadets climbed over an inclined wall using a kneeling comrade as a steppingstone, then helped him over it.

The U.S. Army is turning 234 years old next week, and plans to host a birthday celebration on Wednesday involving Army children on O'ahu. Army children participating in the School Age Services programs for grades K through five will make care packages for soldiers serving in Iraq, and take field trips to Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Aviation Museum ...

The two Schofield Barracks pilots killed May 27 when their OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed at Wheeler Army Airfield will be buried this week in their home states.

County Commissioner Tom Chamberlin marks this yeara s Yellow River Festival, held Saturday, an official a oeMarshall County day.a Pilot Photo/Carol Anders By Carol Anders Correspondent PLYMOUTH - The banks of the Yellow River never seemed as inviting as they did on Saturday as the third annual Yellow River Festival was underway.

Monday night was different out in the newsroom. The chatter and clatter were still there as story after story was filed, but the usual hubbub was muffled, as if an invisible cover had been stretched over the nightly routine.

For the second time in three years, Heather Long must bid farewell to her husband, who will leave for Iraq with the 130th Engineer Brigade.

More than 150 soldiers from the 130th Engineer Brigade at Schofield Barracks will say goodbye to their families tomorrow 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.

Two 25th Infantry Division aviators were killed yesterday afternoon when their OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed in flames at Wheeler Army Airfield near Schofield Barracks.

A Hawaii-based soldier is scheduled to receive the Silver Star for his actions in Iraq last year.

A six-member team from the Army's Combat Readiness/Safety Center at Fort Rucker in Alabama is on its way to Hawaii to investigate Wednesday's fatal helicopter crash at Wheeler Army Airfield, officials said yesterday.

A Hawaii-based soldier is receiving the Silver Star this morning for his actions in Iraq last year.

Army investigators have begun the tedious task of trying to determine the cause of an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter crash that took the lives of two Schofield Barracks aviators at Wheeler Army Airfield this week.