Latest ""
Food stipend angst caused by deployments spur congressional concerns
The issue involves automatic deductions from troops' Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments when they are stationed overseas.
Hawaii upholds order requiring Navy to drain fuel tanks at center of water crisis
The Navy didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the decision.
Navy needs more time to flush Pearl Harbor drinking water
People using the water in and near the Pearl Harbor military installation reported becoming ill.
Navy objects to recommendation it drain fuel tanks near Pearl Harbor
At issue is whether the Navy should be required, as ordered by Gov. David Ige earlier this month, to drain fuel from the tanks.
Hawaii hearing over tainted Navy water ends without a ruling
The Navy is contesting an order by the state Department of Health to suspend Red Hill storage facility’s operations and empty the underground tanks after tests in recent weeks detected petroleum in the Navy’s tap water system.
Hearing starts on Hawaii’s order to de-fuel Navy tanks amid contaminated water crisis
Thousands of families have been affected, including some who have been displaced from their military homes, said Dr. Diana Felton, state toxicologist.
Navy blames Hawaii water contamination on jet fuel spill
The overall water system and water systems in all homes and facilities that have been impacted will be flushed with clean water and Navy officials said they hope to complete that process by Christmas.
Moving more military patients out of MTFs could cause them ‘significant harm,’ study finds
Military patients are getting better quality of inpatient care in MTFs, compared to those getting care in local civilian hospitals.
By Karen Jowers