The Hawaii football players reported to the bus area early, with their bags neatly packed and the bills of their caps facing forward.

Norm Chow, UH’s first-year head coach, has imposed strict rules on the way the Warriors will travel this year — even for a 20-minute ride from the Manoa campus to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, the training-camp site for the next week.

The Warriors spent the first half of training camp on the Manoa campus because many of the players were enrolled in the summer session that ended this past Friday.

The second phase of camp is designed as an "educational trip."

"Yes, it’s a chance for us to bond and become a better football team," Chow said. "But we are here to educate our players. I think this is a neat thing for our players."

The Warriors will be staying in dormitory-styled rooms. They will have access to the weight-training facility and meeting rooms.

"It’s going to be exciting for us," right guard Dave Lefotu said. "Pearl Harbor has a lot of history. To be there, to have the military allow us to spend camp there, is exciting and a great honor."

Lefotu said he hopes the team will be able to interact with military personnel.

"It would be great to train alongside some real warriors," Lefotu said.

During the Manoa segment, all of the offensive and defensive plays were installed. This week, the focus will be on fundamentals. For the defense, that means more tackling drills.

Defensive coordinator Thom Kaumeyer said he hopes to establish a defensive rotation by the end of the week.

Chow said he wants to prepare the Warriors enough to avoid the so-called "fog of war" in which players don’t perform assignments in games the way they do in practices.

Chow said he hopes to introduce some team-strengthening activities.

"We’re probably the most diverse team in the country," Chow said. "We go from Florida to Australia. It’s important that we get to know each other, and do some exercises that help us do that."

UH’s first on-base practice is this morning.