Kevin Knodell

Honolulu

Reporter at Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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Articles

Hawaii delegation pushes Navy for information on Kaula training plan

5 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

Hawaii’s congressional delegation is pushing the Navy to provide more information on its plan to more than double bombardment training on a small Hawaiian Island that the state and conservation groups consider a critical bird sanctuary. Kaula lies about 23 miles southwest of Niihau and is a nesting ground to about 18 species of birds — including the black-footed albatross — and its shores team with monk seals and other marine life.
Senior enlisted man based in Hawaii will advise Joint Chiefs of Staff

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

The top enlisted leader at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command at Camp Smith has been tapped to go to the Pentagon to serve as the most senior enlisted service member in the entire U.S. military. The Pentagon announced Tuesday that Fleet Master Chief David Isom, a seasoned combat veteran, has been selected to serve as the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or SEAC. He will be the sixth person to take on the position since it was was created in 2005.
Senior enlisted man based in Hawaii will advise Joint Chiefs of Staff

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

The top enlisted leader at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command at Camp Smith has been tapped to go to the Pentagon to serve as the most senior enlisted service member in the entire U.S. military. The Pentagon announced Tuesday that Fleet Master Chief David Isom, a seasoned combat veteran, has been selected to serve as the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or SEAC. He will be the sixth person to take on the position since it was was created in 2005.
Vets, community honor fallen service members

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

RELATED PHOTO GALLERY Veterans and community members gathered across the islands Monday to remember fallen service members in Memorial Day commemoration events.
Vets, community honor fallen service members

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

Veterans and community members gathered across the islands Monday to remember fallen service members in Memorial Day commemoration events.
Army proposes giving leased Oahu land

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

As the Army prepares to move into negotiations to renew leases on state-owned land it has used for training for decades, on Oahu it’s proposing a significantly smaller footprint. The Army’s Oahu leased lands currently include 1, 150 acres at Kahuku Training Area, 4, 390 acres at Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area and 782 acres at Makua Military Reservation.
Army proposes giving leased Oahu land

2 weeks ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

As the Army prepares to move into negotiations to renew leases on state-owned land it has used for training for decades, on Oahu it’s proposing a significantly smaller footprint. The Army’s Oahu leased lands currently include 1,150 acres at Kahuku Training Area, 4,390 acres at Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area and 782 acres at Makua Military Reservation.
Community honors West Loch disaster anniversary

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

RELATED PHOTO GALLERY It was standing room only Wednesday afternoon at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl as veterans and community members gathered to honor the anniversary of the West Loch Disaster. The West Loch disaster was a deadly—and often forgotten—World War II incident in Hawaii that prompted major reforms in the U.S. military due to the disproportionate death toll of Black service members.
Community honors West Loch disaster anniversary

2 weeks ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

It was standing room only Wednesday afternoon at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl as veterans and community members gathered to honor the anniversary of the West Loch Disaster. The West Loch disaster was a deadly — and often forgotten — World War II incident in Hawaii that prompted major reforms in the U.S. military due to the disproportionate death toll of Black service members.
West Loch Disaster remembrance planned

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

The Obama Hawaiian Africana Museum and the Defense POW /MIA Accounting Agency will host a remembrance ceremony Wednesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl honoring the anniversary of the deadly 1944 West Loch Disaster. On May 21, 1944, service members were working on several vessels docked at West Loch loading weapons and supplies to support Operation Forager, the invasion of the Japanese-occupied Mariana Islands.

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