Schofield Barracks News

It was my summer read, 1960. I was 12 and had already come to see the world as a harsh place ruled by secret agendas.

Suicides in the Army are expected to reach a new high this year, with 140 suspected cases among active-duty soldiers so far, Army officials said yesterday.

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS - About 2,100 Hawai'i soldiers - just back from Iraq - stood in formation yesterday as the 25th Infantry Division unfurled its battle flag from the yearlong deployment.

Country music artist Lee Ann Womack plans to perform for troops and their families at Schofield Barracks onThursday.

Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's, but a recent decline in the pace of such deaths could mean the Army is making progress in stemming them, officials said Tuesday.

Honolulu Police on Sunday night were searching for the man accused of a sexual assault in Wahiawa.

Almost all of Oahu's beaches can get very crowded, but there's a nice long stretch of sand at Oahu's northern tip that's almost completely deserted.

The Department of Defense confirms two soldiers were killed when their "Kiowa" helicopter went down in Tikrit, Iraq, Nov.

The military is investigating the circumstances of a helicopter crash in Iraq that claimed the lives of two Hawaii-based soldiers.

Crowds of onlookers lined Farrington Highway in Waianae yesterday for the Veterans Day Parade sponsored by the Waicanae Military Civilian Advisory Council.

Hawaii soldiers reacted with a mixture of shock and sadness as news of the shooting spree at Fort Hood unfolded yesterday, and some thought that it could just as easily happen here.

During a ceremony held at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, on Nov 3, Maj.

Schofield Barracks aviators in Iraq are flying the first CH-47 Chinook helicopters equipped with a system designed to shoot laser energy at incoming heat-seeking missiles to direct them away from the aircraft.

The 3rd Infantry Division headquarters, led by Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo, will assume responsibility of Multi-National Division-North in Iraq during a ceremony Tuesday at Contingency Operating Base Speicher in Tikrit.

Military families already face many challenges. Now with Furlough Fridays on their radar, it makes things even tougher.

As many as five vehicles appear to be stuck in a flash flood that occurred in Waikane today that closed Kamehameha Highway at Waikane Valley Road.

The man who molested a University of Hawaii coed in her dorm room in 2007 pleaded no contest this morning to another sex crime that was solved by a DNA match.

Police evacuated a half-dozen residents of a Kapahulu apartment building yesterday morning after an explosive shell was discovered in a third-floor apartment unit vacated by an 88-year-old former military man.

Armed with federal contracts, Hawaii businesses have created or saved 250 jobs in the eight months since the creation of the economic stimulus package, according to preliminary data.

This is the story of a place once known as Lihue. Not Lihue, Kauai - but Lihue, Oahu.