Army Maj. Gen. Rodger Mathews, U.S. Army Pacific deputy commander, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas L. Conant, U.S. Pacific Command deputy commander, and Air Force Maj. Gen. Darryll Wong, adjutant general of the Hawaii National Guard, look on as the ceremonial coin toss during the 2012 National Football League Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 29. Several hundred service members assigned to bases throughout Hawaii were honored during the 2012 Pro Bowl halftime show.

Sometimes people say life offers many challenges, some more difficult than others. Senior Airman Ephesians Bagorio, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, and Airman 1st Class Kameron Combis, 332nd Expeditionary Communication Squadron, encountered some of life's harder challenges at an early age.

Some people call them pivot points, some people call them significant emotional events; whatever they are called...

During World War II, many a battle was fought on the islands in the Pacific; the guns have long since gone silent...