Wheeler Army Airfield News

Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 1:14 a.m. Arthur Fusco Sr.

It was an early Christmas present for some families and soldiers of the 45th Sustainment Brigade, which ended a year's deployment in Afghanistan with a ceremony last night in a hangar at Wheeler Army Airfield.

Reggie Kikugawa of Tulsa is a Japanese-American who was living in his native Hawaii on Dec.

NEWPORT BEACH There's no way Ed Perron could banish the memories of the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

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

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 three-star general who commands all Army troops in the Pacific says future deployments affecting Schofield Barracks' 25th Infantry Division depend on President Barack Obama and the Pentagon's decision on force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It's not uncommon for brothers to join the military and serve their country. It is uncommon, however, for both to end up stationed together in Iraq even while part of different divisions and in two wholly different areas of expertise.

A 31-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier charged with killing a civilian contractor in Iraq last month will face the military equivalent of a preliminary hearing Dec.

FOB Spiecher, Iraq For brothers Capt. Matthew Wagoner and Sgt. 1st Class Cameron Wagoner serving a deployment means a chance to see family and catch up, Oct.

As a supplement to The Crescent 's Stars, Stripes and Crescent Moons article , please enjoy more patriotic stories of our members in the U.S. military.

Question: What is the regulation for the Sgt. E. Smith Community Garden across from Wheeler Army Airfield? It is becoming a banana patch, with the gardens surrounded by tall banana plants around the perimeter and growing toward the center.

Photo credit Courtesy graphic September is National Preparedness Month. WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii -- Many members of the Army family have often remarked that the only thing certain in their lives is uncertainty.

Five-year-old Issabella Hokanson had a hard time curbing her energy as she whirled and danced before a mosaic of hand-painted signs welcoming home units assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 3rd Bronco Brigade Combat Team, which is completing nearly a year in the war zone of Iraq.

After spending almost two years back home after a 16-month tour in Iraq, 2,400 Schofield Barracks soldiers are being redeployed to Iraq in October for 12 months.

For as long as there have been armies, soldiers have kissed family and friends goodbye, and headed off to war.

When the combat-tested soldiers of the Hawai'i-based 25th Combat Aviation Brigade go to work, they don't leave much at home.

Some 1,700 members of the Hawai'i National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will begin returning from about nine months in Kuwait and Iraq around Aug.

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved $329 million for military construction projects in Hawaici, defense appropriations subcommittee Chairman Sen.

Staff Sgt. Anthony Stewart, 25th Air Support Operations Squadron electrical engineer, is helped to a CH-47 Chinook for aeromedical medical evacuation by Airman 1st Class Daniel Meyer, a 25th ASOS Tactical Air Control Party, during field training exercises June 24 at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii.