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The Navy operates a water system that serves approximately 93,000 people on Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam and in military housing in nearby areas. [ 18 ] [ 22 ] This system also serves Kapilina Beach Homes, a former military housing area in Iroquois Point that was converted into civilian rental housing. [ 23 ]
The Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility is a military fuel storage facility in Hawaii. Operated by the United States Navy, Red Hill supports U.S. military operations in the Pacific. [1] As of March 7, 2022, the Department of Defense announced the planned closure of the Red Hill facility, due to reduced military need and water contamination issues.
Navy Capt. Michael McGinnis, Pacific Fleet Surgeon, told TODAY in a statement that Hawaii military health system providers have conducted 6,637 patient encounters related to the Navy water system ...
The U.S. government said Monday it took responsibility for jet fuel that leaked into a Navy water system serving 93,000 people in 2021, but attorneys dispute whether the families who are suing ...
Naval Station Pearl Harbor is a United States naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.In 2010, as part of the recommendations of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission, the naval station was consolidated with the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base to form Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam.
The number of military installations with known contamination or suspected discharges of PFAS continues to rise. Dozens More Military Bases Have Suspected 'Forever Chemical' Contamination Skip to ...
On 1 November 2008, just 121 days old and the youngest battalion in the United States Marine Corps, CLB-3 was designated the Logistics Combat Element (LCE) of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Afghanistan and deployed to Camp Bastion, a military base run by the United Kingdom in Southern Afghanistan.
The study increases the known number of cancers linked to contaminated drinking water at the base, according to Kenneth Cantor, a former National Cancer Institute epidemiologist who has read the ...