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Indigenous residents are fighting to save their island’s heritage, while the military refuses to release key information about what it is razing.

A Honolulu Board of Water Supply expert said the fuel tanks are 'entering an end of life phase' but the military wants to decide if any need emptied.

The Navy is facing calls for an investigation as its permit hangs in the balance. 

A new infusion of $6 million from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and Expeditionary Warfare Center will allow the Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, to continue to provide critical research and logistical support to the only grid-connected wave energy testing site in the nation.

How the Marine Corps Struck Gold in a Trash Heap As Part of the Pentagon’s Fight Against Climate Change The Defense Department treats the warming climate as a catastrophic threat to national security: “A shrinking polar ice cap doesn’t just mean thinking about polar bears.” By Sonner Kehrt June 30, 2021 A Member of the 325th Civil Engineer Squadron begins the clean up process around their squadron on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 18, 2018, following Hurricane Michael. Credit: U....

Heres what Congress is doing to save the Navys sinking $21 billion shipyard rescue plan:

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA An airman from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, conducts a post-flight check of a KC-46A Pegasus at Travis Air Force Base, Aug. 21, 2019. The first KC-46 is scheduled to arrive at Travis in 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo) Pilot says KC-46 is ‘a dream to fly’ TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The last time Travis Air Force Base added a new type of aircraft to its fleet in August 2006, George W. Bush was president, Nelly Furtado had the No. 1 single and the first iPhone was...

By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 11, 2021 The Navy has awarded a $45 million contract to build a medical and dental clinic at a new Marine Corps base on Guam. A joint venture between Guam’s Core Tech, the Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company and Japan’s Kaijima Corp. will build the facility at Camp Blaz, according to a Monday statement from Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. The clinic will include pharmacy, physical therapy, radiology, laboratory, logistics...

US Navy Region Hawaii About 700 gallons of fuel were recovered Friday after 1,000 gallons leaked from a fuel line at the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, according to the Hawaii Department of Health and the Navy Region Hawaii. The Navy said a distribution pipeline inside the facility "released" about 1,000 gallons of fuel on Thursday night. Its fuel containment system "properly monitored, detected, and collected the fuel release as designed." There was no indication that fuel was...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. US Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering Command selects Stantec for large waterfront project support StantecApril 20, 2021 GMT EDMONTON, Alberta and NEW YORK, April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TSX, NYSE:STN The US Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic has selected global design firm Stantec to lead multidiscipline architect‐engineer services as part of a five-year, U...