Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Carrier Strike Group ONE - CSG 1 | 10.28.2020
PEARL HARBOR (Oct. 28, 2020) – USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) was awarded the Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation during a pierside ceremony, Oct. 13, for the ship’s assistance in a 2019 maritime interdiction operation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 04.21.2020
April has been designated “Month of the Military Child.” This month is set aside for approximately 1.7 million dependent children worldwide who are recognized for their daily sacrifices and the challenges they overcome as military children supporting their service members. Rear Adm. Robert Chadwick II, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii and Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, was one......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.12.2019
We awaited the word to proceed over Shizuoka. With the go ahead, the engine noise was interrupted by the sounds of bombs exploding on the earth below. One by one the B-29s dropped bombs over the city, more than 13,000. As we executed our mission, there was a mishap. My bomber and another collided, falling from the air to the recently bombed ground below....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 04.01.2019
On Friday, March 29, 2019, a ceremony was held onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) to recognize and honor Vietnam War veterans and read the proclamation that President Trump signed into law, the National Vietnam War Veterans Day Act of 2017....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brittany Whitney | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 10.14.2017
Sailors assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam assisted City and County of Honolulu with cleaning the Aiea Bike Path, Oct. 14....
Courtesy Story | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 10.13.2017
Story by Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Brittany Whitney The Lone Sailor statue was dedicated at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center on Oct. 13, 2017, coinciding with the Navy’s 242nd birthday....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Somers Steelman | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 08.25.2017
Chief petty officers from commands across the Pacific celebrated ten years mentorship, leadership, and heritage training aboard the week long USS Missouri Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Legacy Academy in Pearl Harbor, on August 20, 2017, and ending on September 1, 2017....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Somers Steelman | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 08.05.2017
A memorial service was held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s chapel honoring and celebrating the life of Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Mandy Pante Francisco who passed away on July 23rd, 2017....
