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JTF-RH Spill Response Exercise

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) and spill response personnel perform and observe a spill response exercise on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 8, 2023. JTF-RH and spill response personnel use utility boats to create a barrier with a boom to provide containment in the case of a spill. A rapid response skimmer boat and a vacuum truck with an attached portable skimmer is used to vacuum any contaminants present in the contained area. This exercise is mandated by the DOH emergency state order and the EPA 2023 Consent Order. JTF-RH Response Directorate’s sole purpose is to protect the aquifer and environment by analyzing every possible spill scenario and developing appropriate mitigation measures. JTF-RH is committed to working with all local, state, and government agencies to ensure Red Hill is defueled safely, expeditiously, and in compliance with all federal, state and local laws, policies and regulations.

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JTF-Red Hill continues maintenance June 6, 2023

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Quality Assurance personnel audit repairs being completed at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) in Halawa, Hawaii, June 6, 2023. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the RHBFSF.

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JTF-RH Meets with Fuel Tank Advisory Committee

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Commander, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. John Wade, answers a question from a Fuel Tank Advisory Committee (FTAC) member during a FTAC meeting held at Moanalua High School Performing Arts Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 6, 2023. The FTAC is a committee hosted by the Hawaii State Department of Health that studies issues related to leaks of field-constructed underground fuel storage including the tanks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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Joint Task Force-Red Hill Leaders Participate in Hawaii Department of Health Open House

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Strategic Engagement Director, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lance Okamura, talks with local residents during an open house hosted by the Hawaii Department of Health at Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 5, 2023. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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Joint Task Force-Red Hill Leaders Participate in Hawaii Department of Health Open House

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) leaders engage with local residents during an open house hosted by the Hawaii Department of Health at Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 5, 2023. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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JTF-RH Defueling Open House Day 2

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Commander, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. John Wade, greets a local resident during JTF-RH’s Defueling Open House on Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 24, 2023. JTF-RH hosted an open house to provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about the defueling process and to engage directly with JTF-RH directors and leaders. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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JTF-RH Defueling Open House Day 2

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Safety and Quality Assurance Director, U.S. Army Col. Letsy Perez-Marsden, listens to a local resident during JTF-RH’s Defueling Open House on Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 24, 2023. JTF-RH hosted an open house to provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about the defueling process and to engage directly with JTF-RH directors and leaders. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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JTF-RH Defueling Open House Day 2

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Planning Director, U.S. Navy Capt. Pat Sullivan, explains the JTF-RH integrated master schedule to a local resident during JTF-RH’s Defueling Open House on Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 24, 2023. JTF-RH hosted an open house to provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about the defueling process and to engage directly with JTF-RH directors and leaders. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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JTF-RH Defueling Open House Day 1

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Commander, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. John Wade, poses for a photo with local residents during JTF-RH’s Defueling Open House on Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 2023. JTF-RH hosted an open house to provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about the defueling process and to engage directly with JTF-RH directors and leaders. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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JTF-RH Defueling Open House Day 1

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Strategic Engagement Director, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lance Okamura, engages with local residents during JTF-RH’s Defueling Open House on Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 2023. JTF-RH hosted an open house to provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about the defueling process and to engage directly with JTF-RH directors and leaders. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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JTF-RH Defueling Open House Day 1

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Acting Training Director, U.S. Army Col. Dominique Cummings, engages with local residents during JTF-RH’s Defueling Open House on Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 2023. JTF-RH hosted an open house to provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about the defueling process and to engage directly with JTF-RH directors and leaders. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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JTF-RH Defueling Open House Day 1

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michelle Link, converses with Board of Water Supply's Manager and Chief Engineer Ernest Y.W. Lau, during JTF-RH’s Defueling Open House on Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 2023. JTF-RH hosted an open house to provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about the defueling process and to engage directly with JTF-RH directors and leaders. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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Joint Task Force-Red Hill Contractors Surveys Hotel Pier

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) contractors retrieve a kayak after performing a survey of Hotel Pier on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 16, 2023. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Kyler L. Chatman)

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Joint Task Force-Red Hill Repairs

A contractor at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) conducts rewiring repairs in Halawa, Hawaii, May 9, 2023. Joint Task Force-Red Hill is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help prepare for the safe and expeditious defueling of the RHBFSF. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Allayah Klein)

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Joint Task Force Red-Hill Repairs

A contractor at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) conducts rewiring repairs in Halawa, Hawaii, May 9, 2023.Joint Task Force-Red Hill is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help prepare for the safe and expeditious defueling of the RHBFSF. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Allayah Klein)

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Joint Task Force-Red Hill Repairs

A contractor at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) conducts rewiring repairs in Halawa, Hawaii, May 9, 2023. Joint Task Force-Red Hill is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help prepare for the safe and expeditious defueling of the RHBFSF. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Allayah Klein)

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Col. Dominique Cummings (3rd from left) and her family

Col. Dominique Cummings (3rd from left) and her family. (Photo courtesy of the Cummings family)

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Col. Dominique Cummings, Training Director, poses for an environmental portrait at the Joint Task Force-Red Hill

Col. Dominique Cummings, Training Director, poses for an environmental portrait at the Joint Task Force-Red Hill on May 8, 2023. JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for all major milestones. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

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Col. Dominique Cummings with her husband and daughter

Col. Dominique Cummings with her husband and daughter. (Photo courtesy of the Cummings family)

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JTF-RH Host Press Conference Announcing AFFF Investigation Findings

Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) commander, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. John Wade (right), and Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific commander, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Jeff Kilian (left), field questions from local media during a press conference held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 5, 2023. JTF-RH announced the findings from the investigation of the Nov. 29 Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) concentrate release at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility today and published video footage of the incident and a fact sheet. “I ordered this investigation to determine what caused the accidental release of AFFF concentrate and to reduce the risk of a future mishap,” said JTF-RH commander Vice Adm. John Wade. “A focused investigation allowed us to effectively determine how and why the release occurred. We used this information to immediately implement risk reduction measures across the entire facility and to notify the Department of Defense of actions that can be taken to further reduce risk in areas outside the purview of JTF-RH. The safe and expeditious defueling of Red Hill remains our top priority to protect the people and environment of Hawaii.” (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Mackintosh)

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