Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91107, a Coast Guard anti-terrorism team based in Honolulu since 2002, recently began a partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy to provide a law enforcement team designed to protect the public from terrorist threats.
Governor Lingle, honorary chair of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund, was presented with a check that will support the Pennies for Pearl Harbor fund-raising and education program.
As part of the U.S. Navy's ongoing efforts to improve the U.S. Pacific Fleet's warfighting readiness and operational effectiveness, Pearl Harbor-based ships participated in the first Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific Surface Combatant Group Sail off the coast of O`ahu.
As part of the U.S. Coast Guard's work to increase energy efficiency, Chief Petty Officer David Garrett and his crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team (ANT), Honolulu, converted a 93-year-old lighthouse in Lahaina, Maui to solar power.
Thirty Soldiers from the Hawai`i National Guard's 230th Engineer Company joined soldiers from the Royal Thai Marine Engineer Battalion in building a new classroom facility in Chanthaburi, Thailand as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2009.
Demonstrating her support for Hawai`i's men and women in uniform, Governor Lingle joined members of the U.S. Army Reserve - Pacific in celebrating their centennial anniversary. The Governor shared her appreciation and respect for Hawai`i's volunteer reservists, who stand ready to serve at a moment's notice.
This month, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) honored Coast Guard District Fourteen Commander Rear Adm. Manson K. Brown for his leadership and commitment to service with a Thurgood Marshall Flag Officers Award.
Governor Lingle joined the people of Hawai`i this week in mourning the loss of one of Hawai`i's warriors - Specialist Cwislyn K. Walter, who died while serving our nation in Kuwait on February 19, 2009.
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Crumsey, an electronics technician stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Electronics Systems Support Unit Honolulu, reads to Kalihi Waena Elementary School students during a Read Across America event this month.
As Commander-in-Chief of the Hawai`i National Guard, Governor Lingle presented a quilt made by members of the Home of the Brave Quilt Project to the family of Sgt. Deyson Cariaga, the first Hawai`i Army National Guard member to be killed in the line of duty since the Vietnam War.
Airshow spectators watch a C-17 Globemaster III perform during the 2009 Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport in Geelong, Australia. The C-17 from Hickam Air Force Base's 535th Airlift Squadron, was one of 11 U.S. military aircraft participating in the airshow.
Thirty soldiers from the Hawai`i Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) returned this week from the Philippines where they have spent six months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The Soldiers were an element of the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P).
Governor Lingle, commander-in-chief of the Hawai`i National Guard, visited with the families of 50 deployed Kona- and Hilo-based soldiers and airmen to share her personal appreciation for their service.
The USS Hawai`i (SSN 776) recently became the second naval submarine in U.S. history to receive the U.S. Coast Guard's Meritorious Unit Commendation. The submarine departed Groton, Connecticut this week, and will make Pearl Harbor its home later this summer.
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