CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SOUTH KOREA Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary concluded more than a month of training in South Korea Aug. 6 to Sept. 7, including participation in Exercise Ssang Yong 24, which featured the first amphibious assault using Amphibious Combat Vehicles during their inaugural deployment. The Marines and Sailors of the 15th MEU arrived in South Korea aboard the a  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: The trilateral security partnership among the U.S., United Kingdom and Australia, also known as AUKUS, offers a unique opportunity for these nations to enhance their military capabilities, deepen interoperability and strengthen deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. Austin met in London today with his AUKUS counterparts: British Defense Secre  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 integrated U.S. Airmen, Guardians, Sailors, Marines, and allies from Australia and the United Kingdom into a combined force to train for a possible conflict in the era of Great Power Competition. Last month, the exercise conducted live-fly operations in the eastern Pacific and a simultaneous 24-hour live, vir  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 24, 2024, entitled "Hawaii Job Openings and Labor Turnover - July 2024": * * * Hawaii had 26,000 job openings in July 2024, compared to 28,000 openings in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Hawaii was 3.9   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: HMAS STIRLING, Western Australia The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) departed from HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, after a regularly scheduled port call, Sept. 14. HMAS Stirling was the seventh port call in Australia of Emory S. Land's current deployment, which began May 17. Emory S. Land arrived at HMAS Stirling Aug. 16 with a mixed crew of active-du  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LAHAINA, Hawaii - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started work on the Wahikuli Subdivision sewer design project, north of Lahaina Town, Maui. EPA's Wahikuli Sewer Design Team will participate in the Weekly Disaster Recovery Community Update Meeting on September 25, 2024, to provide an overview of the project to the community and key stakeholders and explain how the public can provid  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Miami late this afternoon returned an indictment charging Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii, with attempting to kill former President Donald J. Trump at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15. "Violence targeting public officials endangers everything our country stands for, and the Department of Justice   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CHON BURI, Thailand The partnership between the 1st Battalion, 205th Regimental Training Institute, Washington National Guard and the 112th Stryker Regiment, Royal Thai Army, grew a little stronger during a recent Stryker Maintenance Exchange in Chon Buri, Thailand, Sept. 7 19, 2024. This initiative is part of the State Partnership Program, which aims to enhance mi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Members of the Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center (HRMC) at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) completed an inactivation availability Sept. 13, 2024, to prepare USS Antietam (CG 54) for the end of its active Navy service. Antietam, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, is scheduled to decommission in a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 27, completin  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2024: United States Attorney Clare E. Connors announced that Stephen Timothy Wells, 41, pleaded guilty today in federal court to executing a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs through the submission of false billings. Sentencing is scheduled for January 29, 2025, before U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake. According to court documents and information  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: A federal grand jury in Miami late this afternoon returned an indictment charging Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii, with attempting to kill former President Donald J. Trump at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15. "Violence targeting public officials endangers everything our country stands for, and the Department of Justice will use every available tool   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: DEDEDO, Guam On Sept. 28, 2024, the Guam State Historic Preservation Office will host a reinterment ritual aboard Skaggs Urban Training Complex, Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz (formally Andersen South). The ritual will include the reinterment of ancestral bone fragments found during cultural resource investigations in Mokfok, Dededo. During the construction of the Ur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The National Park Service Hawaii Volcanoes National Park issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HVNP), in coordination with Hawaiian Electric (HECO), seeks public input on their environmental assessment of a proposed electrical line relocation project within the park that would make the system more resilient to extreme weather. The project will relocate the sub-transmission electric utility po  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release: This month marks the one-year anniversary of NEH's Pacific Islands Cultural Initiative, an agency initiative focused on fortifying cultural heritage and resilience in Amerika Samoa, Guahan (Guam), Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI). Launched in September 2023, the $1.3 million initiative offers new funding opportunities to strengthen the cultural and educational sectors  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Erica Ashley Huseby Sendai region, Japan -- The U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia traveled to the Sendai region of Japan on a mission to honor the victims and survivors of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that occurred on March 11, 2011, bringing with them the same spirit of hope and solidarity that first united them with the community 13 years ago. The band, along with The Greatlanders Jazz Band   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland American and South Korean military leaders held a tabletop exercise to strengthen their combined counter Weapons of Mass Destruction posture, Sept. 25. The U.S. Army's 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command hosted the Republic of Korea Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Defens  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Seoul, Republic of South Korea The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense hosted a joint signing ceremony of the ROK Letter of Intent to join U.S. Space Forces Space Joint Commercial Operations in Seoul, Korea, Sept. 11, 2024. The ROK initially expressed interest in joining the JCO after key personnel visited the JCO cell in Colorado Springs, Colo., during  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: APRA HARBOR, Guam Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) departed Guam following a scheduled visit to bring on stores and equipment, Sept. 26, 2024. During the brief visit to Guam, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), was able to onload more than 700 pallets of parts, food and mai  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: KADENA AIR BASE, Japan U.S Air Force Airmen conducted training operations during exercise Southern Beach, Sept. 17 20. Southern Beach enables U.S. forces to refine shared tactics, techniques and procedures to better integrate defense capabilities in support of regional security. "Our objective in this operation is to integrate our 4th and 5th generation platforms  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SANTA RITA, Guam The U.S. Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) conducted a successful medical evacuation of a 37-year-old crewman from the 95-foot Chinese Taipei-flagged fishing vessel Jin Hsiang Fa, approximately 138 nautical miles northwest of Saipan on Sept. 21, 2024, with coordination from U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam. "Having th  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: TOKYO, Japan Vice Adm. Karl Thomas visited Japan September 9-14 during his first official international trip as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, N2N6/Director of Naval Intelligence. Thomas was accompanied on the trip by Rear Adm. Rebecca Ore, Assistant Commandant for Intelligence, United States Coast Guard, and Mr. Steve Parode, Deputy Dire  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: TSUGARU, Japan An annual festival held here that marks the end of the summer season in Japan included participation from U.S. Soldiers stationed at a nearby installation who took part in the festivities. Soldiers assigned to the 10th Missile Defense Battery at the Shariki Communications Site in Aomori participated in Tsugaru's Umaichi Matsuri, or Horse Market Fest  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP CARROLL, Republic of Korea The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea provided medical logistics support and training for an Army Reserve unit during Ulchi Freedom Shield in August. Ulchi Freedom Shield, or UFS, is an annual joint military exercise between U.S. and Korean forces that aims to strengthen the countries' alliance and increase overall security in  more