Investigator: Vocal Red Hill Whistleblower Faced Pushback For Speaking Out
One of the military’s loudest critics amid the Red Hill fuel contamination fiasco said her boss tried to keep her quiet.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Hawaiʻi Needs New Tech To Clean Up Old Bombs
Magnetic detection can only go so far in an island chain made of volcanic rock. Experts say other methods could be a game-changer.
U.S. Navy photo
Kirstin Downey: A Navy Plan To Develop Barbers Point Will Erase History
Historians are hoping to keep the military from destroying historic buildings and other artifacts from the World War II battle site.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet
Congressional Delegation Wants Answers On Navy’s Plans For Kaʻula Bombing
The Navy has simply said it doesn’t expect any significant impacts, but the draft report doesn’t go into much detail.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021
Army Proposes Downsizing Its Training Grounds On Oʻahu
Leased lands the military proposes turning back over to the state have mostly been used for aviation training.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Is The Military In For A Wake-Up Call As Hawaiʻi Leases Near End?
The state’s rejection of the U.S. Army’s environmental assessment of impacts of its training may foreshadow the future, one some Native Hawaiians say won’t be smooth sailing.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh/2019
Transgender Troops Fight Trump’s Ban As A Matter Of Life Or Death
The U.S. Supreme Court recently cleared the way for transgender troops to be removed from duty.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
New Veterans Home In Kapolei Offers Rest And Remembrance
The 120-bed home run by the Department of Veterans Affairs is named for former U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka.
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.
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’s handling of fuel, water and toxic “forever chemicals” at Pearl Harbor. Congressional representatives called the Navy’s conduct “outrageous and unacceptable.”