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More Marines Are Coming To Hawaii. Will Kaneohe Be Ready For Them? - Honolulu Civil Beat
More Marines Are Coming To Hawaii. Will Kaneohe Be Ready For Them?
Hawaii is scheduled to get about 2,700 more Marines along with their spouses and children in coming years but the military lacks a plan for accommodating the restructured force. Reading time: 9 minutes.
Oahu residents could be getting a lot of new neighbors and seeing a lot of changes in Kaneohe Bay over the next decade as the Marine Corps embarks on plans to radically restructure its entire force by 2030.
The Marines are retiring old vehicles and weapons and buying new ones with an emphasis on sea operations, as well as relocating thousands of troops from the Japanese island of Okinawa to bases in Australia, Guam and Hawaii.
Military Pilots Try To Keep Hawaii Skies Quiet. Here s Why It s Hard - Honolulu Civil Beat
Oahu residents have long complained about noise from military flights and some worry about safety. Reading time: 7 minutes.
Like many people in Hawaii, Edwin Kimura has been spending more time at home during the pandemic, making him much more aware of the frequency of loud military flights overhead.
“I’m noticing how often they fly in, like every hour. It was unbelievable to me,” he said. “They’re coming in formation over my house.”
Kimura said he doesn’t understand why the aircraft can’t just follow the freeway or stay over the ocean from where he sits in his Honolulu home near Aina Koa neighborhood park, they have the whole sky.