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Schofield Barracks is a United States Army installation and census-designated place (CDP) located in Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Schofield Barracks lies adjacent to the town of Wahiawā , separated from most of it by Lake Wilson (also known as Wahiawā Reservoir ).
Fort Shafter is the oldest military base on Oahu and celebrated its 100th birthday on 22 June 2007. Fort Shafter has been home to the senior Army headquarters in Hawaii for a century. Construction began in 1905 on the ahupua'a of Kahauiki, former Hawaiian crown lands that were ceded to the United States government after annexation.
Wheeler AAF comprises approximately 1,389 acres (5.62 km 2) of land adjacent to Schofield Barracks and is home to a variety of Department of Defense activities including the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (169 ACWS) of the Hawaii Air National Guard, the 193rd Aviation Regiment (Medium Lift), Detachment 55 Operational Support Airlift ...
The Hawaiian Division was constituted in the Regular Army on 1 February 1921 and activated at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, on 1 March 1921.The division was the primary ground force of the Hawaiian Department and was given the mission of defending the Hawaiian Islands from potential invaders.
Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) is a major United States Department of Defense medical facility administered by the United States Army in the state of Hawaii.It is the tertiary care hospital in the Pacific Rim, serving local active and retired military personnel along with residents of nine U.S. jurisdictions and forces deployed in more than 40 other countries in the region. [1]
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2017 The military began using parts of Makua Valley, above, for live-fire training in the 1920s. 1/2 CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2017 The military began using parts of Makua Valley ...
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Hawaii (13 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Hawaii" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Fort DeRussy Beach, 1959. The U.S. Army Museum of Hawaiʻi is housed inside Battery Randolph, a former coastal artillery battery. Battery Randolph was constructed in 1911 to defend Honolulu Harbor on Oahu from attack, and was equipped with two 14-inch guns on disappearing carriages, with a range of about 40,000 yards (37 km) (22.99 miles). [6]