The following is the Aug. 15, 2023, Congressional Research Service Insight report, August 2023 Wildfires in Hawaii. Read More
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Joint Task Force – Red Hill Preparing to Repack Pipelines In Preparation for October Defueling
Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) roving security and fire watch team members conduct a roving patrol inside the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF), Halawa, Hawaii, August 7, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
Joint Task Force – Red Hill will begin to repack fuel lines at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility at the end of the month, a step needed before complete defueling can start in October, as long as it gets pending approval. Read More
Joint Task Force – Red Hill Finishes Defueling Surge Tanks
Civilian personnel assigned to Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) secure a fuel pump in preparation for draining the surge tanks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 25, 2023. US Marine Corps Photos
Joint Task Force – Red Hill finished removing fuel from surge tanks Friday, the task force announced in a Friday news release. Read More
Red Hill Repairs Finished, Awaiting DoH Validation and Approval Before Defueling
Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) quality assurance personnel observe maintenance being completed at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) in Halawa, Hawaii, June 6, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
All repairs to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, mandated by the Hawaii Department of Health, are complete, Joint Task Force – Red Hill announced in a Wednesday night news release. Read More
Japan, Australia Drill Together in South China Sea for Trident Exercise
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Anzac (FFH150) and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Izumo sail together in the South China Sea as part of the Trident 23 exercise. JMSDF Photo
Australian and Japanese forces conducted exercise Trident 2023 over the weekend in the South China Sea. Read More
Report to Congress on U.S. Defense Infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific
The following is the June 6, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Defense Infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Lawmakers Press HASC to Approve Research Into Psychedelic Drugs for PTSD Treatment
U.S. Capitol on Dec. 29, 2022. USNI News Photo
Congressional members petitioned the House Armed Services Committee to research psychedelic drugs to treat post-traumatic stress during the panel’s annual member day ahead of the Fiscal Year 2024 defense policy bill markup. Read More
Island Nations Key to U.S. Maintaining Position as Pacific Power
USS Benfold (DDG-65) is at anchor off Koror, Republic of Palau in 2012. US Navy Photo
This post has been updated to correct that Yun was speaking at the Hudson Institute on Friday.
The Freely Associated States lying between Hawaii and the Philippines are crucial to the United States remaining a Pacific power, the special envoy to these three island nations said Friday. Read More
Red Hill Depot Halfway Through Repairs, Defueling to be Completed Next Year
A Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) contractor trims a support beam during repairs at Halawa, Hawaii, on March 15, 2023. US Navy Photo
This story has been updated to clarify where Red Hill fuel will be stored once removed.
The Department of Defense’s Joint Task Force Red Hill has completed just over 50 percent of the needed repairs on the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, according to a new online public dashboard the group rolled out Tuesday. Read More
Pentagon: Red Hill Defueling on Track, Joint Task Force Starting Environmental Assessment
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Pearl Harbor employees uses tools to relocate contaminated soil onto a wheelbarrow as part of NAVFAC Public Works Department and Joint Task Force-Red Hill’s (JTF-RH) hazard material spill recovery operation at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) in Halawa, Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2022. US Army Photo
This story has been updated to clarify that the Joint Task Force is responsible for defueling the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
The Joint Task Force – Red Hill is on target to meet the July 2024 deadline to defuel the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Read More
