Vice Adm. John Wade Is Face of Navy's Red Hill Response
The officer the Pentagon has tasked with overseeing the defueling of the Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility has for Hawaii residents in many ways become the face of the Navy.
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The officer the Pentagon has tasked with overseeing the defueling of the Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility has for Hawaii residents in many ways become the face of the Navy.
Vice Adm. John Wade has a mixture of Navy, Army, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard service members as well as federal civilians and contractors under his command, working to remove 104 million gallons of fuel, which sits just 100 feet above a critical aquifer that most of Oahu relies on for drinking water.
Brigadier General Lance Okamura is the highest ranking Hawaiian on Joint Task Force Red Hill. The Army transferred him here to focus on community engagement, in part due to his
An Army General originally from Hawai'i recently transferred to O'ahu to be on the Joint Task Force-Red Hill team. In this KITV4 exclusive, Lance A. Okamura says he's no stranger
As deputy commander for Joint Task Force-Red Hill at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Brig. Gen. Lance Okamura is responsible for community outreach and, in part, repairing the lines of communication between the Navy and the surrounding community.