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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If you haven’t already seen 442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity the time is now. The film, about the 442nd Regiment Combat Team won a Special Audience Award at this year’s Maui Film Festival in June and has since been making the rounds on the West Coast. The movie will play a short run [...]

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That image to the right is not the Admiral’s Barge. It’s the Sea-Based X-band Radar or SBX. But had it not been for Rear Admiral Dixon Smith and his “Barge”, I would have been able to get this close up view. The SBX is one of those vessels you see out of the corner of [...]

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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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Along side the MAARS was another interesting robotic vehicle called GUSS, the Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate. The team shown included (from left to right) Jesse Hurdus, Torc; Alfred Wicks, Virginia Tech; and Capt. Tim Bove, Marine Corp. Warfighting Laboratory. On first appearances, GUSS looks like a Polaris jeep equipped with antennae and sensors.  The units [...]

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In addition to the “big iron” being used in RIMPAC exercises, there are examples of “little iron” robots being field tested to protect and support the ground forces. I got a chance to see a couple of them this past weekend. Shown in the photo is the Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System (MAARS) unit manufactured [...]

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The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is just one of 32 vessels in Hawaii for the Rim of the Pacific exercises held every two years. My run on Sunday morning takes me along Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial. I shot this photo from the Visitor Center area. It is pretty amazing how many ships are [...]

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