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We Are MCBH: Ronny Higuchi

The early hours of the morning don’t typically lend themselves to undue cheerfulness - and understandably so, especially aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay. Despite the consistently radiant Hawaiian sun peeking over the Pacific, washing the flight line and the aircraft perched upon it in serene shades of gold, maintainers and pilots coming on and off of 12 hour shifts are not immune to grogginess (and occasionally, an ill temper). Officers and enlisted personnel alike make their way to the flight line Marine Mart to perk up with a coffee or a spam musubi, and are met with a personality that never fails to coax a smile from even the most tired, disgruntled air-winger.

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HMLA-367, U.S. Army 25th Infantry Div. conduct integrated exercise, MCBH

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 participated in an integrated training event in which they used their aircraft to play the antagonist in a simulated exercise against army ground units, July 9th, 2020.

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Personnel are monitoring sea turtle nests aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, MCBH, June 10. - Personnel are monitoring sea turtle nests aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, MCBH, June 10.

A shell of a time aboard MCBH

The environmental team with Marine Corps Base Hawaii is making it their mission to maintain mission readiness while protecting endangered green sea turtles during the months of May through August aboard MCBH and Marine Corps Training Area Bellows. Most adult green sea turtles that feed throughout the main Hawaiian Islands migrate to French Frigate Shoals in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands to nest. However, an increasing number of green sea turtles are now nesting on the beaches of the main Hawaiian Islands. Members of base environmental are monitoring and managing nesting sites across the beach aboard MCTAB...

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COVID-19: The Good in every Evil

Marine Corps Base Hawaii has been proactive in prevention and precautions towards COVID-19. U.S. Marines aboard MCBH have been conducting themselves in accordance with service-level directives and guidelines during this difficult time.

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Staff at the Recycle Center separate cardboard as it is delivered. Pictured from left to right: Chad Fukinaga, Joe Lapera, Gary Reavis, and Jovita Ambrosia. - Staff at the Recycle Center separate cardboard as it is delivered. Pictured from left to right: Chad Fukinaga, Joe Lapera, Gary Reavis, and Jovita Ambrosia.

Recycling in Paradise

When you live on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with nearly a million other people, space is going to be an issue. We adapt, explore and have a lot of fun, but what to do with all of our trash? We can’t send it all to the landfill due to limited space, so we need to do our best to reduce, reuse, and recycle as much as possible.

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They Croak among Us

The cane toad (Rhinella marina) poses a threat to our beloved pets as well as our native wildlife. Cane toads’ skin is toxic, and they have poison glands that secrete a milky white fluid called bufotoxin. Even the eggs and tadpoles are poisonous to most animals.

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U.S. Marine Corps military working dogs, Yenkie, left, and Diego pose for a photo, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 14, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps Illustration by Sgt. Alex Kouns and Lance Cpl. Samantha Sanchez) - U.S. Marine Corps military working dogs, Yenkie, left, and Diego pose for a photo, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 14, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps Illustration by Sgt. Alex Kouns and Lance Cpl. Samantha Sanchez)

Diego and Yenkie: The Future of DoD Law Enforcement

Across the Department of Defense (DoD), military working dogs serve many purposes. K-9’s are utilized to subdue suspects, find specific items, and people. Most are only capable of one or two of these functions; Diego and Yenkie, residents of the Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Provost Marshal’s Office (PMO) kennels, are a bit different. Typically, military working dogs are dual purpose; Diego and Yenkie, however, are the first K-9’s in DoD law enforcement to fulfill all three of these functions.

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Changes to Base Security and Access Control Order

Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Order 5532.1, MCBH Access Control Order, became effective Dec. 30, 2019, and cancelled Chapter 4 of MCBH Order 5532, Base Security and Access Control. MCBH Order 5532.1 revises vehicle registration and base access procedures.

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MCBH Household Hazardous Materials Re-use Room - MCBH Household Hazardous Materials Re-use Room

MCBH Household Hazardous Materials Re-use Room

Do you have half a can of paint sitting in the garage you are not sure what to do with? Do you have an empty propane tank that seems wasteful to throw away? Are you PCSing and hate to throw away all your lightly used gardening supplies? The place you are looking for is Marine Corps Base Hawaii’s Re-use Room (building 6409 near 3rd Marine Regiment’s Supply building along Mokapu Road).

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Stormwater Management - Stormwater Management

Stormwater management

While swimming, waterskiing, or boating in Kaneohe or Kailua Bay have you seen plastic bags or cigarette butts floating around you? I have. Yuck! Did you know that storm water is a large source of pollution for both the Kaneohe and Kailua Bay? When it rains, pollution like trash, oil, pesticides, fertilizers, household chemicals, and toxic pollutants are washed into the ocean without being treated or filtered. Paved concrete and asphalt surfaces on roofs, driveways, streets, buildings, and parking lots send rainwater rushing into gutters and storm drains. This storm water – carrying all the pollution and debris it collects along the way – then gets emptied into drain systems that flow directly into Oahu’s bays.

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