In a letter today to the “Fort Shafter Child Development Center ohana,” U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii commander Col. Tom Barrett said that on Thursday, one of the care center’s employees tested positive for COVID-19. Read more
A Coast Guard member assigned to the Honolulu-based cutter Midgett tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, Chief Sara Muir, deputy public affairs officer for District 14, said today. Read more
The Navy, as part of an ambitious public-private partnership, envisions a major development near a future rail station that includes 2.3 million square feet of low-, medium- and high-rise residential and commercial space, a high-rise hotel and pedestrian walkways over the H-1 Freeway and Kamehameha Highway connecting it all with Pearl Harbor. Read more
The Rim of the Pacific maritime exercise, which two years ago drew 25 nations, 46 surface ships, five submarines, 17 land forces and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel to Hawaii and Southern California, is still on for this summer — at least right now, the Navy said Monday. Read more
As North Korea continues to fire off rockets, the head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said that an upcoming first-of-its-kind test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile killer is being conducted with a “defense-of-Hawaii scenario” in mind. Read more
The majority of about 350 Hawaii National Guard soldiers who were deployed to Afghanistan just squeaked by a new 60-day overseas “stop movement” order by the Pentagon. Read more
The Army community in Hawaii was by far reporting the most cases — 12 as of Thursday. Read more
At least 15 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed within the U.S. military in Hawaii. Read more
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on Tuesday raised the “health protection condition” level to “Charlie” for military members in Hawaii — indicating a “substantial risk of exposure” to coronavirus, U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii said. Read more
At least three more cruise ships are expected to dock in Honolulu Harbor for fuel and provisions — but no disembarkations — with dozens of such ships stranded at sea worldwide and diverted from ports with and without passengers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
The Schofield commissary is allowing 20 people at a time in the facility to keep people spread out in the building. Read more
The ship, which normally can carry about 700 passengers, is visible just off Oahu. Read more
The 2,000 passengers allowed to disembark starting Monday from the Norwegian Jewel cruise ship faced a well-organized gantlet of officials garbed in gloves, face masks, eye protection and, in some cases, protective suits as part of a process expected to continue today, a passenger on board and the state said. Read more
All gyms on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam have been closed until further notice after a “patron” of the Hickam gym tested positive for coronavirus, the base said Sunday. Read more
The U.S. military has recorded the first coronavirus case in its ranks in Hawaii, the Army said Saturday. Read more
Four positive cases of COVID-19 have been identified within U.S. Army Hawaii, garrison commander Col. Tom Barrett said Saturday evening. Read more
The Defense Department said it successfully tested a hypersonic “glide body” in a flight experiment conducted Thursday night from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai. Read more
All cruise ships to Hawaii are on a 30-day pause in operations that took effect March 14. The Maasdam and Norwegian Jewel were turned away by other ports. A port call to Hilo was canceled for the Maasdam. Read more
Six Hawaii residents and an injured passenger and her spouse have been allowed to leave the cruise ship after some uncertainty whether anyone would be allowed to get off amid concerns about the coronavirus. Read more
The Pentagon called the test a “major milestone” toward the fielding of hypersonic warfighting capabilities in the early- to mid-2020s. Read more
The family may be allowed to disembark in Honolulu rather than having to sail to the West Coast and trying to fly back to Hawaii. Read more
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