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A1 Hookele 052617-FINAL.Indd What’s INSIDE Base Security tackles Summer Safety Battle of Midway events Beachfest/Cooks from abandoned vehicles See pages A-3, A-4, See page B-3 the Valley See page A-2 A-5, A-9 See pages B-3, B-5 May 26, 2017 www.issuu.com/navyregionhawaii www.hookelenews.com Volume 8 Issue 20 Photos by MC2 Somers Steelman Memorial Day events scheduled Don Robbins Editor, Ho‘okele Numerous events have been scheduled to commemorate Memorial Day. • A Memorial Day observance will be held at 10 a.m. May 28 at the War Me- morial Natatorium in Waikiki, 2815 Ka- lakaua Ave. • Girl Scouts of Hawaii Lei of Aloha Service will be held from noon to 2 p.m. May 28 at Hawaii State Veterans Cem- etery in Kaneohe. Cmdr. Hillary Darby, Navy Region Hawaii Sexual Assault Pre- vention and Response Offi cer (SAPRO), is the scheduled guest speaker. The scouts will drape lei and present West Loch disaster flags at the ceremony. The Lei of Aloha community service project began in 2014 where volunteers throughout the com- munity donated flowers to help the Girl Scouts sew lei to be draped over each vet- victims honored eran’s grave along with an American fl ag at the cemetery. • Beachfest at Hickam Harbor will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 29. The event will feature entertainment by the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band and Air Force Band of the Pacific-Hawaii, fami- ly-friendly activities, and a steak cookout served by Cooks from the Valley for mili- tary and family members on Oahu. • A Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. May 29 at Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe. Pacific Missile Range Facility will present a wreath at the ceremony. • A Memorial Day observance is scheduled for 11 a.m. May 29 at the USS MC2 Somers Steelman Parche Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Har- Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii bor-Hickam. Service members from all branches of the military gathered on the U.S. Army Logistics Support Vessel 2, the • Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam will Chief Warrant Offi cer 3 Harold C. Clinger, for the 73rd West Loch Disaster Remembrance Ceremony, May 20, perform a 21-gun salute in honor of Me- hosted by the U.S. Army’s 8th Theater Sustainment Command. morial Day starting at noon May 29. One The youngest service members from the Navy, Air Force, Army, Marines and Coast Guard lay a wreath in the wa- round will be fired every minute for 21 ter to honor the West Loch victims as a sign of respect and remembrance at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. minutes from Ford Island 40 mm battery On May 21, 1944, 163 personnel died and 396 were injured in what was the second-largest tragedy of Pearl Har- position. bor during the war. The city, state and nation are also com- memorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. Navy, Air Force to conduct HURREX • Welcome Home Ceremony and Pa- Anna General rade will be held in Waikiki from 4 to 8 Managing Editor, Ho’okele p.m. May 27. The event honoring those Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs who fought in the Vietnam War will pro- ceed from Fort DeRussy Park down Ka- In preparation for hurricane sea- lakaua Avenue to Kapiolani Park. The son, Navy Region Hawaii will con- event will include a Joint Service Color duct its annual hurricane readiness Guard, U.S. Marine Forces Pacifi c Band, exercise, HURREX, at Joint Base and military marching units. Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and Pacifi c Missile Range Facility, June • A joint city, state and national 1-9. memorial service will be held at 8:30 Hurricane season runs from June a.m. May 29 at the National Memorial 1 to Nov. 30. This year, Navy Region Cemetery of the Pacifi c (Punchbowl). This Hawaii and Joint Base Pearl Har- service is dedicated to the living, the de- bor-Hickam will conduct both pre- and post-landfall components to the ceased and Missing in Action of the Viet- Capt. Stanley Keeve, Jr. commander, JBPHH, center, participates in a mock safe haven. nam War. exercise. Photo by Blair Gradel For more information, visit HURREX allows Navy and Air www.vietnam50years.org. Force activities in Hawaii to review, TCCOR (tropical cyclone condi- canes brought very signifi cant dam- exercise and validate their response tion of readiness) levels will be set age in their wake. Other Memorial Day weekend commem- plans and operational capabil- for commands to execute their TC- Everyone needs to be prepared for orations include: ities as they pertain to the threat COR checklists. The military uses the unexpected. Preparing for a hur- • Vietnam veterans will be on hand to of hurricanes and effects of severe TCCOR levels based on the arrival ricane is one of the most important help unveil Pacifi c Aviation Museum Pearl weather. of destructive winds, which triggers things you can do for the safety of Harbor’s newest aircraft, the F-105 at 11 During the exercise, personnel at specifi c actions. you and your family in the event of a.m. May 27 in the museum’s hangar 79. JBPHH and PMRF will notice exer- According to the Central Pacific a natural disaster. The time to pre- A meet-and-greet with Vietnam veterans cise events and notifications taking Hurricane Center, Hawaii is cer- pare is now. For more information, will be held at 1 p.m. May 27 at the muse- place, including computer desktop no- tainly not immune to direct impacts visit www.ready.gov, www.ready. um’s hangar 79. tifi cations, Straight Talk Line, Nixle from tropical cyclones. Three hurri- navy.mil or www.beready.af.mil. For more information, visit alerts, Facebook updates and mar- cane landfalls have occurred since Editor’s Note: Look for an ex- www.pacifi caviationmuseum.org/ quee messages. All exercise-related 1950: Hurricane Dot (1959), Hur- panded hurricane season prepared- communications will be prefaced with ricane Iwa (1982), and Hurricane ness pullout feature in the June 2 “exercise-exercise-exercise.” Iniki (1992). Each of these hurri- issue of Ho’okele. May 26, 2017 Ho‘okele A-2 Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Walter Kaneakua speaks during an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) AAPI focuses Heritage Month celebration event held at Hickam Memorial Theater. on Hokule‘a homecoming MC2 Gabrielle Joyner Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii Members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society were invited to speak about the theme of the Hokule‘a tour, Malama Honua, which means “to care for the earth.” The message of Malama Honua is to “honor our connectedness as peo- ple, all united together on one planet earth,” which paralleled the theme of this year’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month event. “Next month, military service mem- bers will be pierside as we welcome home the seafarers from the Hawai- ian Vessel, Hokule‘a, who are coming back from their worldwide voyage,” said Capt. Stanley Keeve Jr, commander of JBPHH. “Here in Hawaii, we have a true melting pot of cultures and tra- ditions. Behind all the different lan- guages, it’s the true spirit of aloha that makes Hawaii unique. Here on JBPHH, we get to celebrate AAPI culture not just JBPHH event celebrates Asian in the month of May, but all throughout the year in very different ways. Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Walter Ka- Americans, Pacific Islanders neakua, the guest keynote speaker at Story and photos by the Pacific Islands who live in the teractive displays set up by the the event, spoke of the vision of his an- MC2 Gabrielle Joyner United States. Japanese Cultural Society and cestors, to make a better life for their Navy Public Affairs Support Ele- “I love these diversity events, be- the Polynesian Voyage Society, children, and their children’s children, ment Detachment Hawaii cause first of all I love learning and to engage guests in learning and and how their legacy relates to Ameri- I think that as an organization, as play. This year’s event focused on can society today. The Joint Force Diversity Com- a military force and as a commu- the Federal Asian Pacific Ameri- “The work ethic, endurance and abil- mittee hosted an Asian American nity, we should all want to learn can Council’s 2017 theme: “Unite ity to survive adversity is the legacy and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Her- about one another,” said Capt. Our Voices by Speaking Together,” that brings me to this place as a man itage Month event at the Hickam Stanley Keeve Jr., commander of which provided an opportunity to of faith, an Airman, a public servant, Memorial Theater at Joint Base JBPHH. learn from others, through sharing a storyteller, a teacher, a mentor and Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), “It makes us better when we stories and experiences that con- an American,” Kaneakua said. “Living May 15. know our neighbor as we know our nect different people and cultures. up to heritage brings much responsibil- Service members and their fam- shipmate. Today we recognize that The event also highlighted the ity and obligation to reflect well on our ilies came out to celebrate cultural the strength, dignity resilience and homecoming of the Hokule‘a, families that paid any price and van- traditions, ancestry, native lan- fortitude of Asian Americans and a full-scale replica of an ancient quished hardships to bring opportunity guages, and unique experiences Pacific Islanders have definitely Polynesian double-hulled voyaging to us.
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