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Investigator: Vocal Red Hill Whistleblower Faced Pushback For Speaking Out

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.

Hawaiʻi Needs New Tech To Clean Up Old Bombs 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.

Kirstin Downey: A Navy Plan To Develop Barbers  Point Will Erase History 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.

Congressional Delegation Wants Answers On Navy’s Plans For Kaʻula Bombing 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.

Army Proposes Downsizing Its Training Grounds On Oʻahu 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.

Is The Military In For A Wake-Up Call As Hawaiʻi Leases Near End? 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.

Transgender Troops Fight Trump’s Ban As A Matter Of Life Or Death 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.

New Veterans Home In Kapolei Offers Rest And Remembrance 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.

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’s handling of fuel, water and toxic “forever chemicals” at Pearl Harbor. Congressional representatives called the Navy’s conduct “outrageous and unacceptable.”