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Citizen soldier reports
| Posted on: Thursday, December 29, 2005 |
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Citizen soldiers coming home |
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The first of Hawai'i's citizen soldiers who spent the past year in Iraq will be returning tomorrow, missing Christmas but making it home for New Year's Eve. |
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Maravillosa service scheduled for Saturday |
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| Posted on: Monday, December 26, 2005 |
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Hawai'i soldier had 'heroic job' in Iraq |
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A 24-year-old soldier from Wahiawa was killed Christmas Eve in Iraq, the second female service member from Hawai'i to lose her life in the nearly three-year military operation. |
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Trust grows in Iraqi police |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 |
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Hawai'i troops help train Iraqi battalion |
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Task Force Konohiki had one of the most important missions among the jobs performed by Hawai'i National Guard and Reserve soldiers in Iraq this year. |
| Posted on: Sunday, November 6, 2005 |
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In return for aid, waves and heartfelt thanks |
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The Chinook helicopter relief flight reached far into the mountains of Kashmir, hustling toward an ever-more dramatic view of the looming Himalayas with every mile. |
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| Posted on: Friday, November 4, 2005 |
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Hawai'i soldiers settling into relief provider role |
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Imagine watching a movie in your living room while your house is rebuilt around you. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 |
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In Pakistan, hope comes from above |
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From hundreds of feet in the air, on a flight through the spectacular pine-green and earthen brown mountain passes of Kashmir, the tents tell the ongoing story of human misery below. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
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Hawai'i troops on quake relief mission |
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With six Hawai'i soldiers putting their shoulders into it and a few more pulling, the more than half-ton rotor transmission and the dolly it rested on rolled up the rear ramp of a CH-47D Chinook helicopter. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, October 15, 2005 |
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Hawai'i troops helping to secure polling sites |
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To prepare for the Iraqi constitutional referendum, soldiers from the Hawai'i-based 227th Combat Engineer Company and 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment have been working to help the residents of villages near Logistical Support Area Anaconda improve security for the historic event. |
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| Posted on: Friday, September 23, 2005 |
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Iraqis take lead in latest operation |
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Soldiers from the Iraqi army's 4th Battalion conducted a coordinated battalion-sized cordon and search mission called Operation "Al Saekah" or "lightning strike," in the city of Abayachi during a recent early morning operation. |
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| Posted on: Friday, August 12, 2005 |
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Army restricts use of shakas in Iraq |
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There may be the "Hawaiian word of the day" at Camp Victory in Iraq, but there isn't complete aloha for the shaka favored by Hawai'i National Guard soldiers. |
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| Posted on: Monday, August 1, 2005 |
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Whatever comes, unit 'can do' |
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The soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery knew they would have a largely nonartillery mission in Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, July 30, 2005 |
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Acts of sympathy powerful weapon |
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Payments made by Hawai'i National Guard soldiers for loss of life, injury or property damage likely go a long way in Arab culture, where "an eye for an eye" is reality, and nonpayment could make for even more bomb makers. |
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Translator hopes she can emigrate |
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Eva Gergis is a Christian Iraqi who desperately wants to emigrate to the United States. For her, it's not just a dream. It's a matter of survival. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, July 24, 2005 |
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An oasis away from war |
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The pool available to Hawai'i citizen-soldiers at Logistical Support Area Anaconda in Iraq opened for the summer in April and an increasing number of soldiers — used to being surrounded by ocean but now surrounded by sand — are finding respite there on their yearlong deployment to Iraq. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, July 21, 2005 |
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New 'up-armored' Humvee 'makes a world of difference' |
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At a time when the Hawai'i National Guard has lost two lives to roadside bombs in eight days, greater protection has arrived in the form of 50 of the most heavily armored Humvees in the U.S. military. |
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| Posted on: Monday, July 18, 2005 |
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Guard duty keeps friends close |
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The four Kahuku High School grads, class of 2004, have been friends since the seventh grade. These days, when they get together, it sometimes is in a shelter in Iraq when bombs are falling. |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 15, 2005 |
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Beware 'guy who talks too much' |
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Maj. Moses Kaoiwi was a detective on the Big Island, and in 2003 applied for the position of police chief. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, July 14, 2005 |
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Isle troops track down suspects, arms cache |
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Over the three days of "Cobra Strike," about 140 soldiers from the "Go For Broke" battalion joined up with 100 Iraqi army soldiers and 80 U.S. Air Force personnel to comb through two villages west of Logistics Support Area Anaconda for militants who fire mortars and rockets at the big air base. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 |
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Hawai'i troops honor fallen Isle warrior |
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Eight thousand miles from home, Hawai'i soldiers of the Lava Brigade said goodbye to Sgt. Deyson K. Cariaga with Island song, heartfelt words and Army tradition as they struggled with the loss of one of their own. |
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| Posted on: Monday, July 11, 2005 |
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'We are making a difference' |
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In a country where every passing U.S. convoy means the possibility of candy, pencils and bottled water, it was as if chests of gold had been plunked down on the ground. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, July 10, 2005 |
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Guardsman loved mission, kids |
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A soldier with the Hawai'i Army National Guard became the state's first citizen-soldier killed in Iraq, the Army said. |
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'A good soldier, a wonderful son' |
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Missing SEAL allegedly beheaded by Taliban |
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Deadly bombs abound along treacherous route |
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| Posted on: Saturday, July 9, 2005 |
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Hawai'i loses its first citizen-soldier in Iraq |
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A soldier with the Hawai'i Army National Guard became the state's first citizen-soldier killed in Iraq, the Army said. |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 8, 2005 |
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Sense of duty galvanizes older soldiers |
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Within the 29th Brigade Combat Team in Iraq, there are soldiers in their teens to 60, the mandatory retirement age. It is a unique aspect of a war in which approximately 40 percent of U.S. troops are drawn from National Guard and Reserve units. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, July 7, 2005 |
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Soldiers spend fruitless Fourth on the Tigris |
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As America celebrated the Fourth of July with fun and fireworks, Sgt. Barnaby Tiatia bushwacked through 7-foot grass on a small island in the Tigris River looking for weapons caches. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, July 6, 2005 |
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Isle officer cites progress, says patience is needed back home |
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Iraqi army Col. Yahya Nasser's 4th Battalion is expected to be the first Iraqi army unit in Salah Ad Din province to take over for U.S. forces — the optimistic outlook is this fall — and Task Force Konohiki, a unit that includes Hawai'i soldiers, is helping them get there. |
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Luckier ones survive roadside bombs |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, July 1, 2005 |
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Cell phones cut distance between troops, families |
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One of the defining sounds of war for soldiers in the Baghdad area these days is something unexpected: the jingle of cell phones. They ring in barracks, and give off an LED glow at night as homesick Hawai'i soldiers phone home. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
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Threats keep Hawai'i troops alert |
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On the first anniversary of the return of sovereignty to Iraq, Hawai'i National Guard soldiers spent the day Tuesday on heightened security, wearing body armor and helmets everywhere they went. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 |
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Camel spiders a diversion from war for troops |
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They are not as big as a dinner plate, they can run pretty fast and they can't anesthetize a soldier and take a bite without him or her knowing. A photograph of two camel spiders that circulated and recirculated many times over has fueled such speculation, which first cropped up during the Gulf War. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, June 26, 2005 |
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Hawai'i troops find ally in mayor |
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The mayor of this town of about 3,000 people, about evenly split between Sunni and Shiite Arabs, is a busy man. Thadit Tahur also sits on the city council for western Baghdad, works at the airport, and plans to run for the Iraqi National Assembly. |
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| Posted on: Friday, June 24, 2005 |
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Hawai'i ways in palatial setting |
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Al Faw, one of eight presidential palaces used by Saddam Hussein for hunting and recreation, is a 450,000-square-foot extravagance of marble, chandeliers and former Baathist glory on an artificial lake. These days, you can pick up a little Hawaiian and aloha spirit there. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
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Hawai'i answers soldiers' calls for rice |
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Samantha Ligsay, readiness assistant at the Hawai'i National Guard Family Program Offices, got swamped yesterday by a deluge of calls from people wanting to send rice to Hawai'i's Guard troops in Baghdad. |
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Gatekeepers on vital mission |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
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Missing in action: rice from home |
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The Army likes to say that wars are won on a supply of beans and bullets. Hawai'i soldiers add rice to that list — back home sticky-kine rice, not the Minute Rice served up in the base chow halls. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 |
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Soldiers feel force of bomb |
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A second vehicle bomb in about two weeks exploded yesterday afternoon near Hawai'i National Guard soldiers manning a checkpoint along one of the most dangerous streets in Iraq. |
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Route Irish a fearsome gantlet |
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| Posted on: Sunday, June 19, 2005 |
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Hawai'i troops feel the heat |
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Nearly five months into their year-long deployment to Iraq, patrolling outside and guarding inside the sprawling network of bases that encircle Baghdad International Airport have become a daily drill for the citizen soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry. |
Stories from Afghanistan
| Posted on: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
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Iraqi suspects held in soldier's slaying |
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Two suspected insurgents believed to be responsible for the death of Sgt. Deyson K. Cariaga, the first Hawai'i citizen-soldier to be killed in Iraq, have been captured and are in custody, the National Guard said. |
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Schofield welcomes last unit from Iraq |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, September 7, 2005 |
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Marine dies in Afghanistan |
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Less than a year after most of them returned from a deadly deployment to Iraq, a battalion of Hawai'i-based Marines will return to war, shipping off to Afghanistan early next year. |
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Army amputee wants to pick up where he left off |
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| Posted on: Saturday, August 27, 2005 |
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1,000 Kane'ohe Marines must head back to war |
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Less than a year after most of them returned from a deadly deployment to Iraq, a battalion of Hawai'i-based Marines will return to war, shipping off to Afghanistan early next year. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
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Two Isle soldiers die in La., Iraq |
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A 47-year-old Army reservist from Mililani died over the weekend during field training at Fort Polk, La., in advance of a deployment to the Middle East, the Army said yesterday. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, August 20, 2005 |
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Veterans call for ensured funding |
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The national commander of the American Legion, in Honolulu for the organization's annual convention, said a top priority is getting Congress to change VA spending from discretionary to mandatory funding. |
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Noise from war games may hit Kailua, Kane'ohe |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 |
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Morale tents gutted in Iraq fire |
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A fire Saturday in Iraq that engulfed two big tents and sent a thick column of black smoke into the desert sky destroyed a bunch of recreation equipment used by the 29th Support Battalion of the Hawai'i National Guard. |
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Army's sailors going to Kuwait |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 29, 2005 |
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Dust blamed in chopper crash |
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An investigation into the CH-47D helicopter crash on April 6 in Afghanistan that killed two Schofield Barracks soldiers and 16 others found that the aircraft ran into a severe dust storm with winds topping 45 knots and the pilots became "spatially disoriented." |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 |
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Troops could use support in writing |
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Operation Uplift, a new Guard program that asks people to write letters of support to its 2,200 citizen-soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, is scheduled to begin Monday. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, July 23, 2005 |
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Slain Island soldier buried at Punchbowl |
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On a warm, quiet morning in Punchbowl, Sgt. Deyson K. Cariaga received a soldier's farewell. |
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Families' courage, stoicism cited |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 22, 2005 |
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Hawai'i pays tribute to fallen son |
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O'ahu's residents and military community gathered by the hundreds at a downtown city auditorium to say goodbye to Sgt. Deyson Ken Cariaga, Hawai'i's first citizen-soldier killed in the war in Iraq. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
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To family, he's more than a soldier |
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Even in death, that was something Theresa Inouye could smile about, if only for a moment.
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American Samoa reservist killed in Iraq |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 |
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'There is no greater love' |
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It's no secret the Navy's most elite covert warriors, the SEALs, are a tough breed of sailor whose exploits are the stuff of legend. |
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Commando recalled as calming presence |
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Death of Hawai'i guardsman 'hits home' |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, July 5, 2005 |
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Bodies of two SEALs recovered |
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Two Navy SEALS missing in Afghanistan have been found dead, a senior U.S. defense official said last night. Another SEAL was rescued Saturday, and the fate of a fourth SEAL was unknown. |
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Secretive unit quietly mourns |
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Virginia SEAL followed dad's footsteps |
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| Posted on: Saturday, July 2, 2005 |
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6 SEALs identified in crash of copter |
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Grief poured in from Hawai'i and around the world yesterday for eight Navy SEALs, some of whom were based at Pearl Harbor, and eight Army airmen killed in a rescue operation in Afghanistan. |
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Profiles of 10 service members who died aboard Chinook |
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SEAL unit specialized in commando delivery |
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| Posted on: Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004 |
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Ambush led to death of 'great' Schofield soldier |
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The firefight erupted in a remote mountain valley, one of thousands in Afghanistan that Schofield Barracks soldiers patrol. Spc. Wesley Wells, 21, manning an observation post a couple of hundred feet up a ridge, raced to the platoon's Humvees to grab a machine gun. He never made it. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004 |
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Fallen Schofield soldier identified |
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A Schofield Barracks soldier who was killed during a firefight in Afghanistan on Monday has been identified by family members as Wesley Wells, formerly of Libertyville, Ill. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004 |
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Schofield soldier dies in firefight |
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A Schofield Barracks soldier was among three U.S. service members killed in fighting yesterday in the restive Paktika province of southeastern Afghanistan, Army officials said. |
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| Posted on: Monday, Sept. 20, 2004 |
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Schofield based soldiers halfway through deployment |
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Ten thousand Schofield Barracks soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are halfway home.In Iraq, they've crossed the midway point of a yearlong deployment, while in Afghanistan, they're coming up to it. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004 |
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Soldiers in Afghanistan coming home in spring |
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Nearly 5,000 Schofield Barracks soldiers will come home from Afghanistan this spring after being relieved by troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, commanders said yesterday. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004 |
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Hawai'i troops overseas reflect on 9/11 |
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About five months into a yearlong deployment, about 5,500 Schofield Barracks soldiers will be remembering 9/11 today in Afghanistan, the focal point for Operation Enduring Freedom. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004 |
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Schofield soldier 'lived his dream' |
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Daniel Lee Galvan fell in love with helicopters as a child and spent his days playing with toy helicopters and drawing pictures of them. Later in life, he continued building helicopter models that he left everywhere. "He lived his dream," Galvan's widow, Sonya, said yesterday through Army officials. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004 |
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Afghanistan copter crash kills Schofield soldier |
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Sgt. Daniel Lee Galvan became the third Schofield Barracks soldier killed in Afghanistan this year when the helicopter he was in crashed Thursday, the Army said yesterday. |
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| Posted on: Friday, Aug. 13, 2004 |
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Kane'ohe Marines stand by to deploy |
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Nearly 1,000 Hawai'i Marines are heading to the California desert this month for live-fire exercises ahead of a possible deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq. |
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| Posted on: Friday, Aug. 6, 2004 |
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Schofield soldiers attacked in Zabul |
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Five soldiers from Schofield Barracks were injured today when their Humvee was ambushed in Afghanistan, the Army said. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, July 24, 2004 |
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Afghan border region has new boss |
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A Schofield Barracks artillery commander has taken control of a force of 3,100 U.S. soldiers and Marines in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, a region that includes half the country's population and many of its insurgency problems. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, June 10, 2004 |
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Schofield soldier killed by bomb in Afghanistan |
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Cpl. David M. Fraise, a 24-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier killed Monday in Afghanistan, leaves behind a wife and young daughter, a grieving military community in Hawai'i, and a family in New Orleans who said he wanted to "help the country." |
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| Posted on: Sunday, June 6, 2004 |
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Hawai'i civilians also part of Afghanistan war effort |
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Amid the thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, fortified bases that bristle with firepower, and the hazards of one of most heavily mined countries in the world, are eight civilians from Hawai'i trying to make a war zone a bit like home. |
Stories from Iraq
| Posted on: Monday, July 3, 2006 |
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Airman in Iraq dies in noncombat incident |
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An airman assigned to Hickam Air Force Base died Saturday in Iraq, the Air Force said yesterday. |
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| Posted on: Monday, Sept 20, 2004 |
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Schofield based soldiers halfway through deployment |
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Ten thousand Schofield Barracks soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are halfway home.In Iraq, they've crossed the midway point of a yearlong deployment, while in Afghanistan, they're coming up to it. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, Sept 11, 2004 |
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100th Battalion will wear patch in Iraq |
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Members of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry — the Army Reserve unit with historical links to the highly decorated unit of World War II — will be wearing their distinctive unit patch after all when they go to Iraq next year. |
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| Posted on: Friday, Sept 3, 2004 |
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Slain Schofield soldier mourned |
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The family of Joseph C. Thibodeaux III is mourning today after learning that the Schofield Barracks Army specialist was killed Wednesday night near Hawija, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device exploded beneath the vehicle he was in during night patrol. |
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| Posted on: Friday, Sept 3, 2004 |
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250 support troops Iraq-bound |
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A deployment ceremony for 250 soldiers from the 17th Corps Support Battalion — part of the 45th Corps Support Group — was held in advance of their departure for Mosul early next week to support the 25th Infantry Division (Light) 1st Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 17, 2004 |
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K-Bay Marines off to war |
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About 1,000 Kane'ohe Bay Marines attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa received orders yesterday for duty in either Iraq or Afghanistan. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 17, 2004 |
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Hawai'i's Guard prepares for training, Iraq |
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About 3,600 Hawai'i Army National Guard and Reserve members officially gave up their civilian lives and jobs yesterday and will spend the next 18 months on active duty, including a year in Iraq, in the first combat duty for the Hawai'i-based brigade since the Vietnam War. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 17, 2004 |
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Isle Guard mobilizes today |
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With cheers and a few tears, citizen soldiers from across Hawai'i and parts of the Pacific mobilized today for an 18-month tour of duty that will take them to one of the most dangerous fronts of the war on terrorism — Iraq. |
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| Posted on: Friday, Aug 6, 2004 |
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Hawai'i soldier convicted in killing of Iraqi civilian |
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Pfc.Edward L. Richmond Jr., a Schofield Barracks soldier who shot an unarmed cowherder in the back of the head, yesterday became the first U.S. soldier convicted in the death of an Iraqi civilian during Operation Enduring Freedom. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, Aug 5, 2004 |
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Schofield soldier is sentenced to 3 years |
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A Schofield Barracks soldier was sentenced to three years in jail today and dishonorably discharged from the Army for shooting a handcuffed and unarmed Iraqi cowherder. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, Aug 5, 2004 |
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Schofield soldier's statement allowed |
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A statement made by a Schofield soldier charged with murdering an unarmed Iraqi civilian that he knew the man was handcuffed when he shot him is admissible, a military judge in Iraq said. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004 |
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Father travels to Iraq for son's court-martial |
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A court martial gets under way Aug. 3 for Darce Richmond's son, a U.S. soldier accused of murder in Iraq, and her husband paid his own way there to be at their son's side at the Army's 1st Infantry Division headquarters in Tikrit. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, July 31, 2004 |
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Slain Schofield soldier was loyal friend, husband |
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Friends of Spc. Joseph F. Herndon II said he was a model soldier who rewrote the book on loyalty, a man who would drag your wounded body to safety with enemy cross hairs trained on his back. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2004 |
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Marines recall their time in Iraq |
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Just back from about two of the worst places to be in Iraq — Fallujah and Ramadi — three 3rd Radio Battalion Marines said yesterday that progress is being made but security remains tenuous. |
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| Posted on: Monday, July 19, 2004 |
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Army doctor calls duty a sobering experience |
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Maj. K. Albert Yazawa, a doctor and Army Reserve soldier from Hawai'i who was called to active duty to work as a physician at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, shares his experiences at the largest U.S. military hospital outside the United States. |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 2, 2004 |
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Sovereignty transfer is a welcome change |
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The early Transfer of Sovereignty (TOS) was as much of a surprise for my Marines and me as I am sure it was for most Americans. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 |
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Murder charge is unjust, soldier says |
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A Schofield Barracks soldier facing a court martial on a charge of murdering a handcuffed and unarmed Iraqi cowherder said he shot the man to defend another soldier. |
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| Posted on: Friday, June 25, 2004 |
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Translator sees no need to fight a war of words |
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Schofield Barracks Spc. Ramy Elmery, sitting cross-legged in a carpeted room in Iraq, leans in close next to Lt. Col. Scott Leith, translating the words of the Sunni Arabs seated across from them. |
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| Posted on: Monday, June 21, 2004 |
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'Surgery went well' for Schofield helicopter pilot |
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The co-pilot of a Schofield Barracks helicopter that crashed in Iraq, a 1983 Campbell High School graduate who lives in Makakilo, had surgery in Germany for a broken back and leg, family members said. |
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| Posted on: Friday, June 18, 2004 |
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Schofield soldier faces court-martial for Iraqi death |
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An Army general has determined that Pfc. Edward L. Richmond Jr., a Schofield Barracks soldier charged with murder in the shooting death of an Iraqi civilian, will be court-martialed for the offense. |
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| Posted on: Friday, June 18, 2004 |
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Man with Kaua'i ties dies in Iraq |
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A California contractor found dead in his Baghdad hotel room in Iraq Sunday was part Hawaiian and has family on Kaua'i, a family friend said. |
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| Posted on: Monday, May 24, 2004 |
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General to review murder charge |
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All evidence in the case of Pfc. Edward L. Richmond Jr., a Schofield Barracks soldier charged with murder in the shooting death of an Iraqi cowherd, will be forwarded to an Army general this week. |
Stories from the homefront
| Posted on: Sunday, June 4, 2006 |
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Haditha still turbulent under Isle troops' watch |
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The region in Iraq where a unit of California Marines is accused of shooting 24 civilians has been a dangerous place for Hawai'i Marines, who are now responsible for the area. |
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Carriers ready for war games |
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| Posted on: Sunday, May 14, 2006 |
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Home from war, citizen soldiers find life not same |
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The 2005 deployment to Iraq by Hawai'i National Guard and Reserve soldiers was a historic event not since the Vietnam War had the 29th Brigade Combat Team deployed to a war zone. |
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Hilo soldier buried in hometown |
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109 Army reservists back from Iraq today |
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| Posted on: Friday, April 28, 2006 |
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Son's farewell: 'I love to serve our country' |
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A roadside bomb in Iraq ended the life of a Kalihi man on Monday, four months after he was married and looking toward a future he had only dreamed of when growing up on a farm in the Philippines. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 |
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'They were part of our 'ohana' |
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In an unprecedented tribute yesterday, Hawai'i opened its arms and hearts to men and women with local ties who died while serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, April 15, 2006 |
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State honors fallen heroes |
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About 200 people from Hawai'i, across the Mainland, Guam and Saipan are expected to attend the Hawai'i Medal of Honor presentation at the 10 a.m. joint session of the Legislature. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, November 13, 2005 |
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Hawai'i forces take aim at bird flu |
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U.S. military leaders in the Pacific have accelerated efforts to prepare for a possible human flu pandemic by stockpiling antiviral drugs and warning troops to be vigilant about cooking poultry and washing their hands. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004 |
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Guard deployment all in family |
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Sending a loved one into a war zone can be difficult for any family. But for the Ikeda clan of Kalihi, it soon will mean seeing their patriarch and "baby boy" head off to Iraq as part of a major deployment of Hawai'i National Guard soldiers and other reservists to that country. |
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| Posted on: Monday, Sept. 20, 2004 |
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Spouses face their own front |
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The roller-coaster ride through a yearlong deployment to Iraq has had its ups and downs for the families of soldiersn't been all downs, and the impending return of Schofield Barracks soldiers in Iraq is getting close enough to spark thoughts of welcome-home parties and two-parent homes again. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004 |
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Reserve general backs 100th patch |
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Members of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry — the Army Reserve unit with historical links to the highly decorated unit of World War II — will not be wearing their distinctive unit patch when they deploy to Iraq, according to the one-star general who commands the 29th Separate Infantry Brigade. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004 |
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Wounds don't stop reservist |
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Sgt. Aaron Carvalho, an Army reservist from the Big Island who is at Tripler Army Medical Center recovering from wounds received in Iraq, says he would like to go back and rejoin his comrades in arms from Hawai'i. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 |
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No Iraq duty for convict |
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A Hawai'i National Guardsman will be deactivated from deployment to Iraq to clear the way for sentencing in the Manoa home invasion robbery for which he was found guilty 2 1/2 years ago. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 |
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Reserves chief warns of added duty |
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Hawai'i's Army Reserve soldiers in Iraq and those preparing to go — like reserve soldiers from units worldwide — could come home, turn around and have go again, even if they have been discharged, the top U.S. Army Reserve general said yesterday. |
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| Posted on: Monday, Aug. 30, 2004 |
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Guard soldier Tamayo won't campaign |
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State Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo, a National Guard soldier who volunteered for service in Iraq after she had filed for re-election, said yesterday she will not campaign for a second term. |
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| Posted on: Monday, Aug. 30, 2004 |
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Troops, Pentagon officials gearing up for election |
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Pentagon officials are taking steps to fix voting problems with absentee ballots from military and overseas voters, making sure that more than 6.5 million people can cast a ballot — and have them count. |
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| Posted on: Friday, Aug. 27, 2004 |
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Soldier to announce decision on candidacy |
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State Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo said yesterday that she has made a decision about whether she will continue to seek re-election while on active military duty, but won't disclose it until Sunday. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004 |
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Soldier's fate remains unclear |
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The sentencing for a man found guilty more than two years ago of a gunpoint robbery of two women at a Manoa home has again been delayed because his Hawai'i National Guard unit is going to Iraq. |
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| Posted on: Monday, Aug. 23, 2004 |
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Guilty verdict leaves Guardsman in limbo |
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Attorneys are meeting with a judge this week to try to resolve the fate of a Hawai'i National Guard member called to active duty while awaiting sentencing on felony charges. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004 |
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Hickam kids get a feel for what it's like to 'ship out' |
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Twenty-five children wearing camouflage jackets, belts and helmets stood chattering in a cargo plane hangar, literally waiting for their marching orders. After putting on camouflage face paint and shouting a loud response to their TIs, or technical instructors, the group picked up their gear and headed out to their base camp. It was one of many simulations staged yesterday during a mock deployment day at Hickam Air Force Base. |
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| Posted on: Friday, Aug. 20, 2004 |
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Military prohibits legislative duties |
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If re-elected this fall, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo will not be able to perform her legislative functions while she is on active military duty, Department of Defense officials in Washington said yesterday. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004 |
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Status of legislator deployed unclear |
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State Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo's volunteer military deployment to Iraq has left politicians and state officials at a loss to say what will happen to her seat if she is re-elected. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004 |
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Tamayo dual duty ruled out by Guard |
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Hawai'i National Guard officials said yesterday that state Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo won't be able to serve as a member of the House of Representatives while she is on active military duty in Iraq next year. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004 |
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National Guard activates Rep. Tamayo |
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Rep Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo said she will continue her campaign for re-election even though she is one of 2,000 Hawai'i Army National Guard soldiers who were activated yesterday and is expected to spend a year in Iraq beginning in February. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004 |
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Guard duty hits workplaces |
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More than 2,000 Hawai'i employees reported yesterday for Hawai'i Army National Guard duty, changing workplaces all around the Islands and altering the spending habits of Guard families. |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 30, 2004 |
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Citizen soldiers taste real war |
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Members of the 1st Battalion 487th Field Artillery, 29th Separate Infantry Brigade soon will leave their families, jobs and lives in Hawai'i behind to serve their country. The Army wants them as prepared as possible. |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 30, 2004 |
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Schools to help Guard kids cope |
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The military and Hawai'i public schools will train school staff to help the estimated 800-1,000 students with family members being sent to Iraq with the Hawai'i Army National Guard. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 |
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Civilians find Strykers impressive in Hawai'i |
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From the feedback of most ordinary citizens to the comments of city council members, the Army sees the initial debut of its Stryker armored vehicles in Hawai'i — which will be on O'ahu this week — as a resounding success. |
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| Posted on: Monday, July 26, 2004 |
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Hawai'i GIs have chance to act justly |
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Lindsay Oishi, a Hawai'i student attending Oxford University, offers her views of the war, in which her concern over the rising death toll is offset by a desire to see the U.S. fulfill its obligation to the people of Iraq. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, July 24, 2004 |
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No easy answers for Iraq hostages |
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Leaders of countries with troops in Iraq and corporations doing business there increasingly face life-or-death decisions as terrorists take hostages and demand withdrawal of all personnel in exchange for the captives' lives. In some cases, decapitation has been the hostages' fate. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 |
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War a step closer to home |
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The citizen soldiers with Hawai'i's Army National Guard moved a step closer to war after receiving orders this weekend to report for active duty Aug. 16, the first step of a yearlong deployment in Iraq. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 |
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State agencies scrambling over latest call to war |
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When Troy Kindred is called up for duty with the Hawai'i National Guard for a likely deployment in Iraq, he will be missed both at work and at home. |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 16, 2004 |
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Tropic Lightning Band hits road |
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Army Spc. Carlos Salas is heading off to war armed with an M-16 rifle and a 35-pound tuba. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 |
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Drug-resistant 'superbug' traced to war in Iraq |
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Seven cases of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been recorded at Tripler for Iraq war veterans, the first around April. The so-called superbug, a peculiarity of the Iraq war, can cause infections, fever and pneumonia. |
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| Posted on: Monday, July 12, 2004 |
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Cell phones let soldiers keep home ties strong |
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Sherri Miral tries not to call her husband on his cell phone when he's at work. He's pretty busy in a war zone in Iraq, after all. But in a sign of changing technological times, the 'Ewa Beach woman can do just that. |
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| Posted on: Monday, July 12, 2004 |
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Iraq-bound troops focusing on the 'nitty-gritty' |
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Reporting for monthly training for the first time since learning they would be deploying to Iraq, soldiers in the Hawai'i Army National Guard's 29th Separate Infantry Brigade lined up yesterday for paperwork, pinpricks and other pre-deployment needs. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, July 11, 2004 |
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Call-ups troublesome for self-employed reservists |
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Second Lt. Charles Neumann knows he'll lose his $50,000-a-year mental-health practice if he's deployed to Iraq, but he also worries about the future of the ice cream franchise he and his wife run in Kapolei. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, July 11, 2004 |
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City bill seeks to cover deployed pay gap |
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City Councilman Charles Djou has introduced a bill that would close the salary gap for city employees called into active service for the Army Reserve or Hawai'i Army and Air National Guard. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, July 11, 2004 |
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Soldiers saluted at Wheeler |
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Yesterday morning, in a first-of-its-kind occasion in Hawai'i, the state and the military recognized the role Army National Guard soldiers, their families and their employers have played in Operation Enduring Freedom and the war on terrorism. |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 9, 2004 |
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Hawai'i National Guard Iraq-bound in February |
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Nearly 2,000 Hawai'i Army National Guard soldiers are deploying to Iraq in February to replace the 81st Brigade based in Balad, a city north of Baghdad in the so-called "Sunni Triangle" where insurgency against U.S. forces has been greatest. |
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| Posted on: Friday, July 9, 2004 |
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Injured Schofield pilot "lucky to be alive' and home |
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Three weeks ago, his helicopter went down in an irrigation ditch in Iraq, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Claude Boushey Sr. found himself pinned inside with water filling the cockpit. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, July 6, 2004 |
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Duty calls for King's Guard |
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The rifle-twirling King's Guard in Waikiki is changing for real this year, as several members of the drill team leave for active duty overseas. |
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| Posted on: Monday, July 5, 2004 |
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Schofield Fourth lifts spirits |
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Military and civilians played, ate and enjoyed free entertainment at Sills Field yesterday, celebrating the nation's birthday but remembering the men and women who are fighting in the Middle East. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, July 4, 2004 |
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Independence Day holds new meaning |
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Larson Miral, a Honolulu police officer, won't be officiating over the sparklers and other fireworks at the family barbecue in 'Ewa Beach this Fourth of July. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, July 3, 2004 |
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2,000 Hawai'i Guard troops on alert status |
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Nearly 2,000 Hawai'i Army National Guard soldiers were put on alert status yesterday for possible deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan early next year. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
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Soldier joins ranks of citizens |
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Army Sgt. Miguel Herrera is back in Hawai'i for a 15-day break from his tour of duty in Iraq, but he made sure to swing by the the federal courthouse yesterday for an important errand: becoming a U.S. citizen. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, June 20, 2004 |
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Father's Day 'just another day' for families of deployed |
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While families across Hawai'i are celebrating Father's Day with brunches, potlucks and barbecues at the beach, today will be just another Sunday without Dad for many military families. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, June 17, 2004 |
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Crew helps shoeless children in Afghanistan |
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In addition to soldiers and supplies, Marines and mail, 1st Sgt. James Thomson, who's with a Schofield Barracks helicopter unit in Afghanistan, wants to drop off something else. Shoes. Yours. |
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| Posted on: Monday, June 14, 2004 |
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Army has a leader on home front |
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In these difficult days of being a single mother, going to school full time, working as a tutor and struggling with a new diagnosis of recurrent cancer, Brandy Stewart, 25, has also become a powerful role model for other young military wives. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, June 3, 2004 |
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General to review murder charge |
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All evidence in the case of Pfc. Edward L. Richmond Jr., a Schofield Barracks soldier charged with murder in the shooting death of an Iraqi cowherd, will be forwarded to an Army general this week. |
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| Posted on: Monday, May 31, 2004 |
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After returning from Iraq, every day is for remembering |
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Photographer Richard Ambo and I recently returned home after spending three months with Schofield Barracks soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
An editor asked: Will Memorial Day be different for you?
The answer is, no.
Truth is, pretty much every day has been Memorial Day since I returned. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
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About 20 in Wheeler unit receive orders for Kuwait |
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More than 20 civilian workers and active-duty soldiers from the Army's 599th Transportation Group at Wheeler Army Airfield are the latest from Hawai'i to get orders to the Middle East. |
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| Posted on: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 |
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Guard troops return after 9 months in Afghanistan |
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They say soldiers aren't supposed to cry. Tell that to Spc. 4 Maria Eugenio and Sgt. John Oliveros Jr., who were among the 62 Hawai'i Army National Guard members who returned last night from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. |
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| Posted on: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 |
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Marines' wry joke: Iraq is like Hawai'i |
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Marine Lance Corporal Marden Andres describes Iraq in a way that has become popular among troops from the 50th State. "Just like Hawai'i, but without the water," said Andres, an 'Ewa Beach native. He and the other members of Hawai'i's 3rd Radio Battalion convoyed from Kuwait to Camp Fallujah in March to support the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, May 13, 2004 |
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Schofield bids aloha to sergeant killed in Iraq |
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Oscar "Big Daddy" Medina's funeral at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific yesterday drew more than 100 relatives, friends and members of the 25th Infantry Divison (Light) and U.S. Army, Hawai'i. He was the first casualty buried at the cemetery since the Schofield Barracks troops deployed this year to Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, May 8, 2004 |
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Hawai'i surgeon treated U.S., Iraqi casualties |
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Dr. Craig Ono makes a living caring for children as an orthopedic surgeon at Shriners Hospital for Children. But for the first three months this year, the Army reservist shifted his expertise to the casualties of war as part of his deployment to Iraq. |
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| Posted on: Saturday, May 8, 2004 |
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Terrain in Afghanistan as dangerous as the enemy |
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Seven Schofield Barracks soldiers were less than two hours into a long convoy ride north and were trying to get comfortable in the back of a cramped Humvee when their view of the world was rotated 45 degrees — violently. |
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| Posted on: Sunday, May 2, 2004 |
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Afghan chase hard lesson for Schofield unit |
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U.S. Special Forces troops had been watching the compound high in the pine-covered mountains, and about a dozen people moving about with AK-47 rifles, when their position was compromised. In the firefight that followed, five suspected Taliban operatives were killed. |
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| Posted on: Monday, April 26, 2004 |
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Schofield soldiers on the job beyond Iraq, Afghanistan |
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Not all Schofield Barracks soldiers deployed overseas are spending the year in Iraq or Afghanistan. More than 60 Hawai'i soldiers are based at Karshi-Khanabad in Uzbekistan, also known as "K2." |
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| Posted on: Thursday, April 22, 2004 |
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Troops 'in awe' after first patrol |
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A Schofield military police squad will be on the road in Afghanistan every day from now on, meeting with former Afghan fighters now paid by the Ministry of Interior and on the lookout at checkpoints for members of the Taliban and al-Qaida. They'll also be pulling security for convoys. |
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| Posted on: Friday, April 16, 2004 |
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Schofield soldiers lead Afghan hunt |
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With a fleet of attack and transport helicopters flanking him, Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson, commanding general of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Schofield, took command yesterday of a growing coalition force in Afghanistan, but did not offer any predictions about snaring Osama bin Laden. |
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| Posted on: Thursday, April 15, 2004 |
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A rough land — and the specter of bin Laden |
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Company B, 214th Aviation Regiment, out of Wheeler Army Airfield, arrived at Bagram Air Base March 20 as part of the yearlong deployment of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) to Afghanistan. |
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