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State officials, Hawaiian activists voice concern over Army’s Pohakuloa training site

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                                The Pohakuloa Training area is classified as a sub-alpine tropical dry land forest, one of the rarest kinds of ecosystem in the world.
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The Pohakuloa Training area is classified as a sub-alpine tropical dry land forest, one of the rarest kinds of ecosystem in the world.

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                                The Pohakuloa Training area is classified as a sub-alpine tropical dry land forest, one of the rarest kinds of ecosystem in the world.
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KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

The Pohakuloa Training area is classified as a sub-alpine tropical dry land forest, one of the rarest kinds of ecosystem in the world.

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                                Members of the Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division use a lava rock formation as a fighting position as they fire from enemy forces during a simulated battle on Nov. 2 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.
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Members of the Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division use a lava rock formation as a fighting position as they fire from enemy forces during a simulated battle on Nov. 2 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.

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                                Members of the Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division use a lava rock formation as a fighting position as they fire from enemy forces during a simulated battle on Nov. 2 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.
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Members of the Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division use a lava rock formation as a fighting position as they fire from enemy forces during a simulated battle on Nov. 2 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.

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                                Lena Schnell, Senior Program Manager with Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands shows off several native plants at Pohakuloa Training Area’s green house.
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Lena Schnell, Senior Program Manager with Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands shows off several native plants at Pohakuloa Training Area’s green house.

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                                Discarded trash outside a mock town at the Pohakuloa Training Area that American and Indonesian soldiers were conducting a simulated battle in on Nov. 2.
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Discarded trash outside a mock town at the Pohakuloa Training Area that American and Indonesian soldiers were conducting a simulated battle in on Nov. 2.

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                                Soldiers training at Pohakuloa stay in quonset huts during the 2022 ration of the Joint Pacific Multinational Training Center. Much of the base was built in the 1950s by the Hawaii National Guard, with most facilities meant to be temporary. The Army is in the process of gradually phasing out old facilities and upgrading the infrastructure.
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KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Soldiers training at Pohakuloa stay in quonset huts during the 2022 ration of the Joint Pacific Multinational Training Center. Much of the base was built in the 1950s by the Hawaii National Guard, with most facilities meant to be temporary. The Army is in the process of gradually phasing out old facilities and upgrading the infrastructure.

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                The Pohakuloa Training area is classified as a sub-alpine tropical dry land forest, one of the rarest kinds of ecosystem in the world.
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                The Pohakuloa Training area is classified as a sub-alpine tropical dry land forest, one of the rarest kinds of ecosystem in the world.
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Members of the Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division use a lava rock formation as a fighting position as they fire from enemy forces during a simulated battle on Nov. 2 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Members of the Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division use a lava rock formation as a fighting position as they fire from enemy forces during a simulated battle on Nov. 2 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Lena Schnell, Senior Program Manager with Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands shows off several native plants at Pohakuloa Training Area’s green house.
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Discarded trash outside a mock town at the Pohakuloa Training Area that American and Indonesian soldiers were conducting a simulated battle in on Nov. 2.
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Soldiers training at Pohakuloa stay in quonset huts during the 2022 ration of the Joint Pacific Multinational Training Center. Much of the base was built in the 1950s by the Hawaii National Guard, with most facilities meant to be temporary. The Army is in the process of gradually phasing out old facilities and upgrading the infrastructure.