Posted on: Monday, July 9, 2001
Military briefs
New council being formed
East O'ahu and Hawai'i Kai residents and business people are organizing the East O'ahu Council, a new council of the Navy League of the United States.
Organizers hope to be ready for official commissioning by July 4, 2002, the 100th anniversary of the national organization.
The new organization will serve the communities between Kapahulu and Waimanalo.
The Navy League is an independent, nonprofit, civilian educational organization dedicated to helping the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. Membership is open to all citizens not on active duty. For more information, call Bill Bigelow, 373-4424, write to 673 Kaulana Place, Honolulu HI 96821, or e-mail alohabilly@cs.com.
ARMY
Kaua'i to be site of training
KAUA'I — About 300 soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division (Light) and U.S. Army, Hawai'i, will deploy to Kaua'i on Thursday and Friday for a two-day battalion air assault exercise.
Division units taking part in the exercise are the 325th Forward Support Battalion and the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment. The training will be conducted near the Kaua'i National Guard Armory with Air National Guard units from Hawai'i, Texas and Arizona.
The units' mission is to secure Barking Sands and conduct a noncombatant evacuation operation.
The training will include a live-fire exercise.
Military vehicles will travel from Barking Sands, along Highway 50, down to Hanapīpī. Traffic congestion may occur between noon Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday because of slow-moving vehicles. Aircraft will fly over the area from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday. The aircraft will land at Port Allen airport and soldiers will move across the beach to the Hanaepe armory.
TRICARE Prime deadline nears
Service members and retirees eligible for TRICARE Prime who plan to seek care in military facilities should enroll before Oct. 1, when changes to the military health-care program go into effect.
Appointment priority in military treatment facilities goes first to active duty, then to TRICARE Prime enrollees, according to Tripler Army Medical Center officials.
Treatment facilities on O'ahu are: Tripler; U.S. Army Health Clinic, Schofield Barracks; Naval Branch Medical Clinic, Kane'ohe Bay; Naval Branch Medical Clinic, Makalapa; Barbers Point Medical Clinic; Sand Island Coast Guard Clinic; and 15th Medical Group at Hickam Air Force Base. For information about TRICARE enrollment, call toll free, (800) 242-6788, and choose option No. 1 for enrollment assistance.
