DNLR/
DAR)
The first hatchery-raised sea urchins outplanted in Kāneʻohe Bay are 10-years-old, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (
DAR) are celebrating the milestone anniversary. The sea urchin hatchery, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (
NOAA) and
DAR, successfully transplanted the first cohort in January 2011 and has since released 600,000 sea urchins across the state.
Project staff raise the sea urchins until they’re large enough to be released into the wild. (Photo credit:
DNLR/
DAR)
These sea urchins have proven to be incredibly successful at controlling invasive seaweed, a major priority for coral conservation in Hawaiʻi. To date, the sea urchin biocontrol project has treated more than 227 acres of reef in Kāneʻohe Bay, and has recently expanded to the Waikīkī Marine Life Conservation District to control invasive algae.
The Marine Corps later this year plans to activate in Hawaii its first-ever Marine Littoral Regiment — the centerpiece of a sweeping force redesign enabling troops to operate in small units with ship-killing missiles from the islands that dot the Western Pacific.
Marine Corps and Army faceoff during Hawaii exercise February 19 Marines with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, fire a M777 155 mm howitzer during live-fire training as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 17, 2018. (Lance Cpl. Adam Montera/Marine Corps) At one point 20 Marines and 20 soldiers ditched their cannons and fought each other. No, it wasn’t a turf war or a late night bar fight. It was on the South Range training area aboard the Schofield barracks
on Oahu, Hawaii, within a simulated town as part of the exercise Steel Crucible, an Army-led exercise that saw Marines and soldiers fight against each other and work side-by-side in an island-hopping campaign against the fictional nation and near-peer threat called Torbia.
Marine Corps and Army faceoff during Hawaii exercise February 19 Marines with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, fire a M777 155 mm howitzer during live-fire training as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 17, 2018. (Lance Cpl. Adam Montera/Marine Corps) At one point 20 Marines and 20 soldiers ditched their cannons and fought each other. No, it wasn’t a turf war or a late night bar fight. It was on the South Range training area aboard the Schofield barracks
on Oahu, Hawaii, within a simulated town as part of the exercise Steel Crucible, an Army-led exercise that saw Marines and soldiers fight against each other and work side-by-side in an island-hopping campaign against the fictional nation and near-peer threat called Torbia.
The crew of the Osprey aircraft prepares to take off for the Marine base in Twentynine Palms.
Tami Roleff photo
High winds and blowing sand forced a Marine Corps Osprey aircraft on its way to the Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms to divert to the Yucca Valley airport Saturday morning, where it was grounded for about 22 hours. The twin-engine, tilt-rotor aircraft from VMM-268, based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, was participating in the Integrated Training Exercise at the Combat Center. The pilot told onlookers who gathered at the airport that they were training when they had some trouble and landed in Yucca Valley due to a sensor picking up metal fragments. A second Osprey brought in parts to fix it and after repairs they remained grounded due to wind. The Osprey took off from the airport for the base about 8:30 Sunday morning.