Mercury, Other Contamination Found in Water Tests at Pearl Harbor-Hickam as Navy Announces New Fuel Spill The Navy's massive testing effort of its water supply on the base has detected other contaminants, including mercury, lead...
Hawaii Says Water in Pearl Harbor Homes Is Safe to Drink Some military families have expressed concern that testing a small percentage of homes wasn’t enough.
Pentagon Shuttering Hawaii Fuel Storage Facility that Leaked and Sickened Military Families Prior to the announcement, the Pentagon had resisted Hawaiian demands to close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
Navy Making Progress Flushing Contaminated Water at Pearl Harbor as CDC Wants to Hear from Residents The service predicts that families in Pearl City will be able to return to their homes on Jan. 28 if the flushing of their...
More than a Thousand Military Families in Hawaii Stuck in Hotels Through the Holidays More than 1,600 military families will spend the holidays in hotels, while an additional 2,200 can't drink the water in their...
Navy to Remove Water from Contaminated Well, Continue Flushing System at Pearl Harbor Federal and state regulators have approved a plan for the Navy to clean the location where the drinking water for thousands...
DoD Appealing Order to Drain 100 Million Gallons of Fuel from Honolulu Tank Above Drinking Water Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said the Navy will follow portions of a state order, but will appeal the defueling...
Stopgap Spending Bill with $350 Million for Hawaii Water Crisis Clears House Beyond the funding to grapple with the water contamination issue, the continuing resolution would keep the government open...
Military Families in Hawaii File Claims Against Navy over Tainted Water Fifteen military family members and civilians have submitted Federal Tort Claims Act filings alleging they were harmed by...
US Military Faces Crisis in Hawaii After Leak Poisons Water The Navy is scrambling to contain a major crisis in Hawaii after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm.
Sailor Accused of Torching Bonhomme Richard Acquitted by Judge A Navy judge has acquitted Seaman Ryan Mays of setting a 2020 fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard that raged for days and...
'Tens of Thousands' More Veterans Will Be Eligible for VA Health Care Starting Oct. 1 Under the toxic exposures law passed in August, several groups of combat veterans will be able to enroll in VA health care.
US Captives 'Prayed for Death' on Brutal Ride from Ukraine One of two American veterans released from Russian captivity after being captured in Ukraine says they both prayed for death...
100 Lawmakers Press for Answers on Pharmacies Leaving Tricare In a letter sent Thursday to Seileen Mullen, the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, the lawmakers...
VA Family Caregiver Program Open to Thousands More as of Oct. 1 Starting Saturday, caregivers of veterans from all eras who were injured or severely disabled in the line of duty can apply...
