Bytemarks

The University of Hawaii (UH) and the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding that outlines the two organization’s collaborative efforts to improve and solve sustainability and resiliency issues in the Asia Pacific region. The three signatories of the MOU were UH President M.R.C. Greenwood, Adm. Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific [...]

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This past Monday, Jan 3rd. President Obama and family left Hawaii on Air Force One from Hickam Air Force Base. Here is a video I caught from the media platform as the motorcade arrived with the President.

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Hawaii has a connection to deep space with the telescopes on Mauna Kea and the deep ocean with the anti-neutrino detector, it wouldn’t surprise me that Hawaii has a connection with the Antarctic. And sure enough it is with a project called Operation Deep Freeze. The US presence in Antarctica started as far back as [...]

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On Sept. 20, 2010 the RQ-4 Global Hawk was unveiled at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. I had the honor and privilege of joining a group of civic leaders as guests of Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces, at the ceremony for the arrival of the Global Hawk. This unmanned aerial vehicle is designed [...]

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This has been the month of RIMPAC 2010 and the PACOM and PACAF offices are working overtime to expose the media to all the varied activities taking place around Hawaii. This past Friday, several of us joined the crew of the C-17 on a practice mission over Hawaii Island. We met at the Hickam Gate [...]

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Friday’s F-22 Arrival Ceremony was quite the event. In addition to the social media contingent, which included Marc Orbito, Ricky Li, David Lau, Gabriel Yanagihara, Lee J Hopkinson, Greg Yamane, Brian Dote, Ian Kitajima and me, there where a few hundred guests of the Air Force and joint services. Hula performance was done by Robert [...]

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