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US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Gary Burton from the 15th Civil Engineering squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, cuts a kitchen counter while participating in the Families Helping Families program

A US Navy (USN) Standard Missile 3 (SM3) is launched from the Mark 41 (MK-41) vertical launch system (VLS) onboard the Ticonderoga Class (Aegis) Guided Missile Cruiser, USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) to intercept a short range ballistic missile target that was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii (HI) during a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) test of its sea-based midcourse program

[Assignment: 48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_PM] Insular Areas Health Summit [("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in] Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communities.] [48-DPA-09-29-08_SOI_K_Isl_Conf_PM_DOI_0740.JPG]

Republic of Korea (ROK) KDX-2 Class Destroyer CHUNGMUGONG YI SUNSHIN (DDGHM 975) moored pier side at Naval Station Pearl Harbor. The ship is participating in this year's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004 exercise. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC enhances the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region

STS052-38-011 - STS-052 - Island of Oahu, Hawaiian island group, Pacific Ocean.

The soils of the Hawaiian Islands

Hawaii - Kilauea Volcano

LCPL Joe Federico from the 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., makes cookies for the evening meal at Marine Expeditionary Camp-Pohang (MEC-P), Oct. 11, 1998. Federico, originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, is a baker deployed to MEC-P in support of Foal Eagle '98

Barack Obama plays golf with Prime Minister Najib Razak, Joe Paulsen, and Mike Brush in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, December 24, 2014

Newsletter - Hawaiian Botanical Society