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The Navy announced they ‘safely’ recovered the Military plane that overshot the runway and has been stuck in Kaneohe Bay for almost two weeks. Kaneohe Bay (HawaiiNewsNow) -- The Navy announced they ‘safely’ recovered the Military plane that overshot the runway and has been stuck in Kaneohe Bay for almost two weeks. Navy officials say it took meticulous planning and assembling specialized equipment from off island, a multidisciplinary team of military and civilian experts to carefully raise the P-8A Poseidon from the bay. Officials say the operation lasted 13 hours, beginning at 6:30 a.m., Dec. 2. The aircraft was floated...

HONOLULU — The Marine Corps will base two squadrons of its latest transport aircraft, the Osprey, and one light attack helicopter squadron at Kaneohe Bay, the Department of the Navy said Wednesday. The MV-22 Osprey takes off like a helicopter and flies like an airplane. The Marine base will have 24 Osprey aircraft in total. The Marines won't use Ospreys to train at Kalaupapa on Molokai as earlier proposed, out of concern the aircraft could affect archaeological resources next to the airport, the Navy said in the document announcing the decision. The Navy made the decision after issuing an environmental...

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, hawaii — Three Marines from 3rd Marine Regiment received the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V during a ceremony held on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Captain James Marino, Gunnery Sgt. Alexandro Magdaleno and Staff Sgt. James Schneider received the medals for their actions during Operation Enduring Freedom. All are former members of Embedded Training Team 5-3 and endured direct fire while training Afghan National Army units. The three volunteered to mentor Afghan soldiers in various parts of Afghanistan, deploying from October 2007 to December 2008. Many of the training missions were accomplished by fostering good teamwork...

President-elect Obama stopped by the Marine Corps base in Hawaii Kaneche Bay where servicemen and -women were eating Christmas dinner in Kailua Thursday evening. As Obama entered the room, it was absent of the regular fanfare of cheering and clapping. The diners were polite, staying seated at their respective tables and waited for the president-elect to come to them to stand up.

MARINE CORPS BASE TERNATE, BARANGAY SAPANG TERNATE, CAVITE, Philippines (Aug. 5, 2005) -- More than 50 Marines deployed in support of Philippine Interoperability Exercise 2005 turned a dirt path into a durable gravel road during a bilateral relations project June 28 to July 16. Marines from Engineer Support Company reinforced, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, built up the kilometer-long path leading to the Naval Reserve Command Training Center. Marines repaired existing water drainage systems and created new ones where necessary. “The previous road that was basically a mud path,” said Sgt. Chris Eastman, project senior combat...

By Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2005 – A spokesman for the Hawaii-based Marine unit that lost 26 Marines and one sailor from the Jan. 26 helicopter crash that killed 31 troops in Iraq says the incident has impacted Marines like the 1983 Beirut bombing. "It was a tragic helicopter crash," noted Marine Lt. Col. Owen Lovejoy, the executive officer of 1st Marine Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed in Iraq. The Marine CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopter crashed near Rutbah, in Anbar province, Iraq. "I think...