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RECOVERY MISSION

Team to search in eastern Tibet

Nobody ever said the work of the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawai'i was easy, but a 14-member recovery team is buffing up for a trip that might be tricker than usual.

On August 9, the team plans to head to east Tibet to recover the remains of the crews of two World War II-era aircraft that crashed into the Himalayas. The operation is expected to take two months. Both aircraft are C-46 airplanes. One was reported missing in March 1944.

To prepare for the mission, the team has undergone altitude training at Mauna Kea on the Big Island and glacier and mountaineering training in Alaska.

ARMY

Tripler to start electronic ICU

The Tripler Army Medical Center has plans to install an Electronic Intensive Care Unit in October, with preliminary testing of the telemedicine setup in September.

The special E-ICU audio-visual equipment will allow doctors and nurses at Tripler to view, diagnose and treat as many as half a dozen critical patients at the U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, with which Tripler is partnering in the Army/Navy project.

The project is the first military-to-military setup of its kind using the two-way E-ICU technology, according to the Tripler Public Affairs Office.

Japan orphans visiting Hawai'i

The Army's 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds" welcomed orphans from the Holy Family Home Orphanage in Osaka, Japan, yesterday at a Honolulu International Airport reception.

It was the 46th year that the soldiers hosted children from the orphanage, which was adopted by the soldiers following World War II.

Welcomed to Hawai'i yesterday were four children: Tomomi Yamano, Haruna Atsusaka, Koichiro Matsuda and Raynold Tayag.

COAST GUARD

Nations discuss terrorism

Admiral. Thomas Collins, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, hosted a six-nation agency meeting in Honolulu last week that dealt with the topic of terrorism.

The meeting, the third North Pacific Heads of Coast Guard Agencies Meeting of Principals, included members from Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States. The People's Republic of China was also present as an observer.

Members agreed on a joint statement that called for an increase in measures by the North Pacific Coast Guard agencies to prevent terrorism.