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Marine Corps Base Hawaii Change of Command

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Speros C. Koumparakis relinquished command of Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) to Col. Jeremy W. Beaven during a Change of Command Ceremony, May 25, 2023.

MCBH Installation Safety Office Kicks off the 101 Critical Days of Summer with a North Beach Summer Concert

Even for the most experienced swimmers, the ocean is a vast and often dangerous place. Ocean conditions are always unpredictable and can change rapidly without warning. To keep beachgoers safe and capable of enjoying the beautiful beaches on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, the MCBH Installation Safety Office hosted a summer safety concert on North Beach called the “101 Critical Days of Summer North Beach Summer Concert,” Friday, May 12, 2023.

Marine Corps Base Hawaii and PaePae O He'eia, Nu'upia Ponds Wildlife Management Area Co-stewardship Event Signing

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) and Peapae o He’eia, a Hawaii Nonprofit Organization, was signed for the co-stewardship of the Nu’upia Ponds Wildlife Management Area (WMA), May 15, 2023.

Overnight camping at Bellows suspended for the return of nesting sea turtles

Closure of overnight Bellows camping scheduled from May 16 through Aug. 31, 2023. Weekend, day-use to remain open to public.

Public Review and Comment Period Begins for the Draft Environmental Assessment for Construction of a C-40A Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at MCBH

The U.S. Navy has completed the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for Construction of a C-40A Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) and is seeking public review and comment on the analysis and conclusions in the draft EA. The public comment period is now open and will continue unit May 28, 2023.

MCBH Leadership Host Elected Officials at Pu’uloa Range Training Facility

Elected officials representing Ewa Beach, to include members of their staff, visited Pu’uloa Range Training Facility (PRTF) on Monday, April 17, 2023, during an engagement with both military and civilian leadership of Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) to discuss the range’s training operations, recent facility changes, environmental stewardship efforts, and future initiatives to mitigate training noise impacts to the community neighboring PRTF. Honolulu City Councilmember Augusto Tulba and Hawaii State Representative Elijah Pierick, along with key staff members from the offices of U.S. Representative Ed Case and Hawaii State Representative Rose Martinez, received a tour of the military training facility led by MCBH’s Commanding Officer, Col. Speros C. Koumparakis. The engagement provided MCBH leadership the opportunity to showcase PRTF to the elected officials and allowed the elected officials to gain a better understanding of MCBH’s ongoing efforts to preserve the facility, eliminate areas of potential future munitions constituent migration, and mitigate future shoreline erosion along PRTF.

Marine Corps begins process to move Foxtrot Range at Pu’uloa in-land

Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) intends to pursue the relocation of four short-distance firing ranges located at the Pu’uloa Range Training Facility (PRTF) in Ewa Beach, specifically those threatened by current and potential future coastal erosion. On Feb. 23, the initial steps in a process developed by MCBH staff to relocate Foxtrot Range, the short-distance pistol range located on the very eastern side of the facility, approximately 40 meters in-land from its current position began. Similar work is also being planned with the intention to relocate an additional three ranges, Charlie, Delta and Echo ranges, 40 meters in-land and directly adjacent to Foxtrot Range. This future project is being pursued by MCBH through a military construction project concept to protect the ranges from potential future coastal erosion and to make essential modernization improvements to the facilities.

Marine Corps’ Bellows fence project adjusted in response to community feedback

Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) is adjusting a large portion of the Marine Corps Training Area

MCBH partnering with DLNR and others to support $8.7 Million REPI Challenge project to target invasive species in waters surrounding the Mokapu Peninsula

As part of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) 2023 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration

31st MEU’s Maritime Raid Force Returning to Oahu for Realistic Urban Training

The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force will return to Oahu to conduct a

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