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Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Public Affairs Chief, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Nico Melendez, engages with local media during the defueling open house at Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 3, 2023.
231003-A-ME245-1281.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Kyler Chatman

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) Public Affairs Chief, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Nico Melendez, engages with local media during the defueling open house at Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 3, 2023. JTF-RH is in phase four of its five-phase defueling plan where personnel are focused on completion of pre-defueling material assessments, continued training and rehearsals, routine maintenance actions, and quality assurance and safety checks. This is the final preparatory stage prior to commencement of gravity defueling on October 16 and marks the final coordin3ation with the Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, and Hawaii Department of Health before approval to defuel is received. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Kyler L. Chatman)


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