08 January 2019 My Navy Career Development Symposium to Visit Hawaii MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- The My Navy Career Development Symposium (CDS), hosted by Navy Personnel Command, will be visiting Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 16-17 to showcase Sailor 2025 career and personnel management initiatives to Sailors in the region.The symposium is scheduled for two days at...
20 September 2019 Pearl Harbor Sailor Laid to Rest in Kansas After 78 Years PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Almost 78 years after he died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, Navy Seaman 2nd Class Wilbur Clayton Barrett was finally laid to rest Saturday in his hometown of El Dorado, Kansas.Barrett was among 380 Sailors and Marines lost aboard the...
07 October 2016 Pacific Surface Action Group Ships USS Decatur and USS Spruance Visit Hong Kong HONG KONG (NNS) -- The guided-missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Spruance (DDG 111) arrived in Hong Kong for a regularly scheduled port visit Oct. 7-11.U.S. Navy ships have visited Hong Kong for decades, most recently by the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and the...
26 September 2016 Momsen Arrives in Saipan SAIPAN (NNS) -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) arrived in Saipan for a regularly scheduled port call, Sept. 24. The port call provided Momsen's crew an opportunity to refresh after four months of operations in the Western Pacific and South China Sea as part of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific...
05 December 2016 More than 100 World War II Veterans Arrive in Honolulu on Honor Flight HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Past and present met today when Sailors from Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam greeted more than 100 World War II veterans, including Pearl Harbor survivors, when they arrived at the Honolulu International Airport for the upcoming 75th Pearl Harbor commemoration events throughout...
09 December 2016 Interment Ceremony Aboard USS Arizona Honors Survivors and Victims on 75th Anniversary PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The first thing Lt. Patrick Zuchelli, from San Luis Obispo, California, notices is the silence out on the water of Pearl Harbor. It’s the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks and he’s waiting patiently for the boat that will take him and about 300 others to the USS...
28 April 2016 Pacific Surface Action Group Departs Pearl Harbor for the Western Pacific PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) following a scheduled port visit en route to the Western Pacific April 27.The PAC SAG is comprised of the embarked staff of Destroyer Squadron 31 (CDS-31), guided-missile destroyers USS...
17 March 2016 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Commemorates USS Nevada 100th Anniversary PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) held a flag raising ceremony at the USS Nevada Memorial commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ship’s commissioning Mar. 11.During the ceremony the USS Nevada (BB-36) Battleship flag was raised over the memorial while simultaneously...
07 December 2016 Sunset Memorial Held for USS Utah Sailors PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 6, 2016) – As the sun slowly sets on the horizon, forming a golden hue in the clouds, Pearl Harbor survivors, World War II veterans, and guests, gathered at the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for a sunset tribute Dec. 6.The hour-long ceremony is...
07 December 2016 Peace and Reconciliation Emphasized at Annual Blackened Canteen Ceremony PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- On a warm June evening in 1945, in the skies over Shizuoka, Japan, two U.S. Army Air Force B-29s from 314th Bomb Wing collided during a planned bombing raid, killing all 23 American crewmen on board.Down below, more than 2,000 Shizuoka citizens also perished in the raid. The...