What’s INSIDE Hickam, Ohana communities survey See page B-2
No drones at JBPHH See page A-2
September 21, 2018
Train to be the Alpha Warrior See page B-4
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month See page B-5
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Volume 9 Issue 37
Hail to the
CHIEFS
Rear Adm. Brian Fort, commander, Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, congratulates newly-pinned Chief Information Systems Technician Shericka Brantley at the conclusion of the regional chief petty officer pinning ceremony at the Hickam Chapel Center on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Sept. 14. Photo by MC2 Jessica O. Blackwell
DPAA to commemorate POW/MIA day today Ho‘okele Staff A National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony is scheduled for today from 10 to 11 a.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl). National POW/MIA Recognition Day, observed every third Friday of September, honors those who were held as prisoners or were lost and unaccounted for in wartime. “Americans pause on this special day
to remember and acknowledge the sacrifice of U.S. military personnel who, in heeding our nation’s call to arms, forfeited their individual freedoms as prisoners of war, or lost their lives and remain missing,” said Adm. Jon C. Kreitz, the deputy director for operations at Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The POW/MIA flag is flown at certain federal government locations six days out of the year, including National POW/ MIA Recognition Day. The other five
days include Armed Forces Day, May 16, Memorial Day, May 25, Flag Day, June 14, Independence Day, July 4 and Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The POW/MIA table also makes an appearance at many military events. The table includes, among other items, an upside down wine glass, a yellow candle, a white tablecloth and a red rose. The table is set to recognize prisoners of war and those missing in action. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting
Agency was established to identify the remains of fallen service members. Personnel from DPAA travel to various locations to recover remains, work to identify the service members to which those remains belong, and assist in transporting them to their final resting place and family. For more information, visit www.dpaa. mil. There is also information from the National League of POW/MIA Families, at https://www.pow-miafamilies.org/.
Oklahoma Sailor laid to rest
Photo by Jim Neuman
Members of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ceremonial guard carry the remains of Chief Machinist’s Mate Dean S. Sanders at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sept. 19. Sanders, 38, of Lima, Ohio, was a crewmember of the USS Oklahoma killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
ROK Navy, PACFLT to perform TODAY — Come out to the Halsey Terrace Community Center today at 5 p.m. for an afternoon the whole family can enjoy. The Republic of Korea Navy Cruise Training Task Group will be performing with the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band to promote Korea’s traditional and modern culture and to strengthen the relationship between the United States and Korea. The performance will include: orchestra, pop, dance, percussion, taekwondo and more. Attendees can also sample authentic Korean food. Call 473-2880 for more information. Photos by MC3 Natalie M. Byers