Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.18.2023
Cmdr. Kacee Jossis, Executive Officer of PMRF, releases an 'A'o back in to the wild during E Ho’opomaika’o la Na Manu ‘A’o which is an annual release and blessing of the fledgling ‘A’o, Lihue, Hawaii, Oct. 18, 2023. ‘A’o use the light from the night sky to navigate and can be thrown off track by artificial lights on Kaua’i. Save Our Shearwaters’ mission is to rehabilitate......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.18.2023
Sabra Kauka a teacher at Island School Elementary shows Cmdr. Kacee Jossis, Executive Officer of PMRF, how to hold and release the 'A'o during E Ho’opomaika’o la Na Manu ‘A’o which is an annual release and blessing of the fledgling ‘A’o, Lihue, Hawaii, Oct. 18, 2023. ‘A’o use the light from the night sky to navigate and can be thrown off track by artificial lights on Kaua’i.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.18.2023
Cmdr. Kacee Jossis, Executive Officer of PMRF, talks to 4th grade students from Island School Elementary about the Navy and her career during E Ho’opomaika’o la Na Manu ‘A’o which is an annual release and blessing of the fledgling ‘A’o, Lihue, Hawaii, Oct. 18, 2023. ‘A’o use the light from the night sky to navigate and can be thrown off track by artificial lights on Kaua’i.......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.18.2023
Cmdr. Kacee Jossis, Executive Officer of PMRF, releases an 'A'o back in to the wild during E Ho’opomaika’o la Na Manu ‘A’o which is an annual release and blessing of the fledgling ‘A’o, Lihue, Hawaii, Oct. 18, 2023. ‘A’o use the light from the night sky to navigate and can be thrown off track by artificial lights on Kaua’i. Save Our Shearwaters’ mission is to rehabilitate......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Louis Lea | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.18.2023
Jaqueline Nelson from Save our Shearwaters teaches 4th grade students from Island School Elementary about the indigenous 'A'o (Newell's Shearwater) during E Ho’opomaika’o la Na Manu ‘A’o which is an annual release and blessing of the fledgling ‘A’o, Lihue, Hawaii, Oct. 18, 2023. ‘A’o use the light from the night sky to navigate and can be thrown off track by artificial lights......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bodie Estep | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.18.2022
221018-N-LZ409-1139 LIHUE, HI (Oct. 18, 2022) — Capt. Brett Stevenson, commanding officer of Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, releases a Newell’s Shearwater during the 2022 E Ho`opomaika`o Ia Na Manu `A`o, also known as the Annual Newell’s Shearwater Release Blessing, at Lydgate Park. This event is an annual release and celebration of rehabilitated fledgling......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bodie Estep | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.18.2022
221018-N-LZ409-1068 LIHUE, HI (Oct. 18, 2022) — Sabra Kauka, kumu (teacher) of Hawaiian studies at Island School, releases a Newell’s Shearwater during the 2022 E Ho`opomaika`o Ia Na Manu `A`o, also known as the Annual Newell’s Shearwater Release Blessing, at Lydgate Park. This event is an annual release and celebration of rehabilitated fledgling shearwaters. Capt. Brett Stevenson,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bodie Estep | Pacific Missile Range Facility | 10.18.2022
221018-N-LZ409-1047 LIHUE, HI (Oct. 18, 2022) — Molly Bache, program manager at Save our Shearwaters, presents a Newell’s Shearwater to students of Island School during the 2022 E Ho`opomaika`o Ia Na Manu `A`o, also known as the Annual Newell’s Shearwater Release Blessing, at Lydgate Park. This event is an annual release and celebration of rehabilitated fledgling shearwaters. Capt. Brett......
