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Oldest Living Survivor Of Attack On Pearl Harbor Dies At 105 AP/1941

Oldest Living Survivor Of Attack On Pearl Harbor Dies At 105

Warren Upton was also the last survivor who had been aboard the battleship USS Utah.

Report: Navy Mismanagement Led To Red Hill Water Contamination Disaster David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Report: Navy Mismanagement Led To Red Hill Water Contamination Disaster

UPDATED: The federal inspector general found numerous failures in the Navy鈥檚 handling of fuel, water and toxic 鈥渇orever chemicals鈥澛燼t Pearl Harbor. Congressional representatives called the Navy’s conduct “outrageous and unacceptable.”

Lead Detected Near Marine Corps Shooting Range聽Revives Safety Concerns David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Lead Detected Near Marine Corps Shooting Range聽Revives Safety Concerns

The Marines say the results are nothing to worry about. Their neighbors and the health department have a different view.  

Navy Plans To Double Bombing Of This Tiny Hawaiian Island Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet

Navy Plans To Double Bombing Of This Tiny Hawaiian Island

Ka’ula is vital to maintain military readiness for the Pacific, the Navy says. But its plan to boost training there alarms the community, environmentalists.

The University Of Hawaii Is About To Get Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars To Do Military Research Blaze Lovell/CivilBeat/2018

The University Of Hawaii Is About To Get Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars To Do Military Research

But student government members argue that the research should not be secret and say the university is ignoring their concerns over colonialism.

Naka Nathaniel: The Military Wants New State Land Leases. What Should We Get In Return? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Naka Nathaniel: The Military Wants New State Land Leases. What Should We Get In Return?

Native Hawaiian groups should step forward to challenge the state and the military.

BWS Consultants: Thousands Of Navy Water Tests After The Red Fuel Leak Are Invalid Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

BWS Consultants: Thousands Of Navy Water Tests After The Red Fuel Leak Are Invalid

Residents who use the water system affected by that spill say the experts’ findings support their concerns that there’s still something in the water.

Hawaii Joins Military Program To Recruit Government Workers Kevin Knodell/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii Joins Military Program To Recruit Government Workers

Hawaii hopes to recruit military members nearing the end of their service to fill vacant state government jobs.

How Did A Bunch Of Grave Markers From Punchbowl End Up At A House In Palolo? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

How Did A Bunch Of Grave Markers From Punchbowl End Up At A House In Palolo?

The homeowner said that her father discovered the markers while doing yardwork in 2019.

Red Hill Whistleblower Details How Her Warnings Were Ignored Even As Disaster Loomed Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Red Hill Whistleblower Details How Her Warnings Were Ignored Even As Disaster Loomed

Shannon Bencs has never spoken publicly about her experience at Red Hill until now.