City of Corpus Christi visits Yokosuka for final ports of callMC2 Brian Reynolds

Submarine Group 7 Public Affairs

and Lt. Jonathan MacDurmon

USS City of Corpus Christi Public Affairs

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) — Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka Jan. 11 as part of its Indo-Asia-Pa-cific deployment.

Homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, City of Corpus Christi has conducted a multitude of missions and maintains proficiency in the lat-est capabilities of the subma-rine fleet.

“Every WestPac (western Pacific) submariner expects to come here at some point during their time in the theater, and it is always a much anticipated visit,” said Cmdr. Travis Pet-zoldt, commanding officer.

“It is great to meet the hardworking staff of Subma-rine Group 7 and thank them for their outstanding support during our deployment,” Travis said. “I know we will also re-ceive a very warm and sincere welcome from our friends and allies in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.”

This visit will be the fi-nal foreign port visit for City of Corpus Christi as the boat wraps up its final deployment.

“This port is a first for many of the men on my crew and I know they are in for a real treat!” said Master Chief Ma-

chinist Mate Richard Magee, chief of the boat. “We have been out doing important work since our last visit and we are ready for a much needed break.”

Many crew members were excited to experience the rich

Japanese culture and cuisine.“What I’m looking forward to

most in Japan is the food,” said Lt. j.g. Marcus Rebersak.

Measuring more than 300 feet long and weighing more than 6,000 tons, City of Cor-pus Christ i i s one o f the

stealthiest submarines in the world. This submarine is capable of supporting a mul-titude of missions, includ-ing anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike, surveillance and re-connaissance.

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Brian G. ReynoldsThe Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) transits Tokyo Bay before arriving in Yokosuka.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Public Affairs

A celebration of Dr. M a r t i n L u t h e r K i n g Jr. wi l l be held from 10 to 11 a.m. today at Pearl Harbor Memorial Chapel, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

The following will take place at the event:

• Clips from King’s speeches.

• Music from gospel/jazz saxophonist Andrew Tillman.

• A video of U2s “Pride in the Name of Love.”

• Guest speaker Al-phonso Braggs, presi-dent of NAACP Oahu.

• Special music with interpretive dance.

• “Shed a Little Light” music video by James Taylor.

In addition, a special meal in honor of King’s 85th birthday will also be served from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Sil-ver Dolphin Bistro im-m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g the presentation at the chapel. The meal is open to active duty military, including their family members only. The meal

price will be $5.65. Menu items will in-

clude fried catfish, red beans and rice, barbecue pork spare ribs, South-ern style collard greens, shrimp gumbo soup and sweet potato pie. The meal will also include macaroni and cheese, corn on the cob, hot sweet cornbread, banana pud-ding, fresh fruit and salad bar, dinner rolls and an assorted ice cream bar.

Born on Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a fundamental force behind the civil rights

movement in the United States.

He encouraged all cit-izens to apply the prin-ciples of nonviolence to make the United States a better place to live.

K i n g l e d t h e 1 9 5 5 Montgomery bus boycott and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Ala -bama. He also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, D.C., where he delivered his fa-mous “I Have a Dream” speech.

In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for

fighting racial inequal-ity through nonviolence. In addition, in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches.

King was assassinated Apr i l 4 , 1968 , whi le standing on the balcony of the Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Legislation was signed in 1983, creating a fed-eral holiday honoring his birthday.

I n 1 9 9 4 , C o n g r e s s designated the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday as a national day of service. Taking

place each year on the third Monday in Janu-ary (Jan. 18 this year), the MLK Day of Service is designed to empower individuals to strengthen their communities and create solutions to social programs. The theme of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is “Re-member! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off!” (Above) Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at an interfaith rally at the Cow Palace in San Francisco on June 30, 1964.

Photograph by George Conklin

Could it be MAGIC! at Beachfest Saturday?

MWR Marketing photo

Presented by Armed Forces Entertainment, Canadian reggae fusion band MAGIC! will headline the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam MWR Beachfest Saturday at Hickam Harbor. Known for their huge debut single “Rude,” the band takes the stage at 3:30 p.m. Beachfest begins at noon with free outdoor activities, games and a chance to win a meet and greet with the band before the concert. For more information, go to www.greatlifehawaii.com.

What’siNSide

Visitors from near and far came to JBPHH in 2015 See page A-4

‘Mighty Mo’ to host history daySee page B-4

USS Texas visits Subic BaySee page A-4

Free fitness challenge coming to Fitness CenterSee page B-3

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Joint Base to honor MLK

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Successful Selma March showed ‘Our Military at its Best’By Bill Doughty

President Lyndon B. Johnson, a World War II Navy veteran and Reserv-ist, called for Navy divers to help search for missing vic-tims of the civil rights move-ment in the 1960s.

Nearly 51 years ago, after activists were gassed and beaten on the Edmund Pet-tus Bridge on “Bloody Sun-day,” LBJ called in military resources to protect demon-strators.

The bridge was named for a Confederate general, Alabama Senator and Ku Klux Klan leader. It became a battlefield defended by Al-abama state police against people who wanted equality and the right to vote.

LBJ directed the military to protect the demonstrators who refused to give up their march for democratic ideals.

On March 21 another at-tempt to march across the bridge was a success and, according to Congressman John Lewis, a turning point in what he calls a revolution of values and ideas.

Two weeks earlier, Lewis was among those who were clubbed, gassed and tram-pled by horses. In 2015, he told Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation that he thought he would die. But Lewis ex-

pressed his gratitude for the military’s protection of the march from Selma to Mont-gomery. He also told Schief-fer how extraordinary it was to hear FBI Director Comey voice his support for trans-parency and accountability of law enforcement.

LBJ’s military was there “all along the way. Peo-ple inspecting the bridges along the way. Guarding the camps at night. It was our military. It was our military at its best,” Lewis said.

Demonstrators, white and black, marched peace-fully for equality and against discrimination in

the voting process, where African Americans were sin-gled out for tests on literacy, knowledge or character in order to restrict their abil-ity to register to vote. They were forced to try to answer ridiculous questions like, “How many bubbles are in a bar of soap?” When they at-tempted to vote regardless, they were blocked or beaten.

Congressman Lewis, who led the original march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge 50 years ago, and who marched with Com-mander in Chief President Barack Obama last March, recounts his experience for

young people in a graphic novel series called “March.”

Book 1 starts with Lewis as a boy growing up in ru-ral Alabama and takes us through his meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the death of Emmett Till, the activism of Rosa Parks, and interracial lunch counter demonstrations to achieve equality and inte-gration. Book 2 of “March” was published last year, and Book 3 is on its way.

In 2012, Lewis pub-lished “Across that Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change.”

Douglas Brinkley, who

wrote “Across that Bridge’s” introduction, calls Lewis an “apostle of quiet strength.” He says, “Every young per-son should read thi s homily of civility, a welcome anti-dote to the noisy chatter of self indulgence exemplified by the surge of me-me-me social media in our lives.”

Lewis, himself, lives in the light of Dr. King. He writes with poetic flair:

“Lean toward the whisper of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and fol-low its dictates. Know the truth always leads to love and the perpetuation of peace. Its products are never bitterness and strife.”

Johnson seemed to listen to what Lincoln described as “the better angels of our nature” in LBJ’s speech 50 years ago. He echoed the nonviolence themes of “we shall overcome,” and he called for all Americans to live up to the ideals of the Constitution as he obviously considered his own place in history:

“We must preserve the right to free assembly ... We do have a right to pro-test. And a right to march under conditions that do not infringe the Constitutional

rights of our neighbors. And I intend to protect all those rights as long as I am per-mitted to serve in this office.

“We will guard against violence, knowing it strikes from our hands the very weapons which we seek —progress, obedience to law, and belief in American val-ues. In Selma, as elsewhere, we seek and pray for peace. We seek order, we seek unity, but we will not accept the peace of stifled rights or the order imposed by fear, or the unity that stifles protest —for peace cannot be pur-chased at the cost of liberty.”

United States Congress-man John Lewis was 23 years old, about the average age of a shipboard Sailor to-day, when he helped lead the march in Selma.

T h e g r a p h i c n o v e l “March” fittingly portrays him speaking to young peo-ple and explaining how he came to appreciate life, lib-erty and the pursuit of hap-piness.

His perspective on where we were, how far we’ve come and the role of the military in the defense of freedom is invaluable.

Doughty writes Navy R e a d s o n w e e k e n d s : (http://navyreads.blogspot.com/.)

Photo courtesy of Navy Reads Demonstrators, white and black, marched peacefully for equality and against discrimination in the voting process, where African Americans were singled out for tests on literacy, knowledge or character in order to restrict their ability to register to vote.

Secretary of the Navy announces newest fleet replenishment oiler USNS John LewisU.S. Department of Defense

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus announced Jan. 6 that the first ship of the next generation of fleet replen-ishment oilers (T-AO 205) will be named USNS John Lewis after the civil rights movement hero and cur-rent U.S. representative of Georgia’s Fifth Con-gressional District.

The announcement was made at a ship-naming ceremony held at the Can-non House Office Building

in Washington, D.C.“As the first of its class,

the future USNS John Lewis will play a vital role in the mission of our Navy and Marine Corps while also forging a new path in fleet replenishment,” said Mabus. “Naming this ship after John Lewis is a fitting tribute to a man who has, from his youth, been at the forefront of progressive social and hu-man rights movements in the U.S., directly shaping both the past and future of our nation.”

Lewis’ dedication to the

civil rights movement be-gan in earnest while he was still a young man, when he organized sit-in demonstrations at segre-gated lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.

In 1961, he participated in the “Freedom Rides,” challenging segregation at interstate bus termi-nals across the South and, in 1963, Lewis was named chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) where he was responsible for or-ganizing student activism challenging segregation.

Lewis was also a key-no te spea k er a t the historic March on Wash-ington in 1963 and led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Ed-mund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.

Elected to Congress in 1986, Lewis has dedi-cated his life to protecting human rights, securing civil liberties, and build-ing what he calls “The Beloved Community” in America.

“T-AO 205 will, for de-cades to come, serve as a visible symbol of the

freedoms Representative Lewis holds dear, and his example will live on in the steel of that ship and in all those who will serve aboard her,” said Mabus.

The future USNS John Lewis will be operated by Military Sealift Command and provide underway re-plenishment of fuel and stores to U.S. Navy ships at sea and jet fuel for air-craft assigned to aircraft carriers. A contract will be awarded for the ship in summer 2016 and con-struction is expected to begin in 2018.John Lewis

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What is the most memorable thing that happened to you over the holidays?

Chief Damage Controlman (Surface Warfare) Greg BallAfloat Training Group Middle Pacific

“The whole family, including the dog, went out to Kaena Point. While out playing in the surf, we found an octopus that we took home and cooked.”

Airman 1st Class Ryan Benford690th Cyberspace Operations Squadron

“Watching my mother open her Christmas present over Skype. I got her a gift card worth $50 for Walmart.”

Master Sgt. Jeremy BrittDefense Information System Agency Pacific

“The most memorable thing for me was that I had to work the entire holidays. The limited amount of personnel during the time frame

made it a little stressful. I seem to attract these types of projects. I like the challenge.”

Master Sgt. Brandon Cruz690th Cyberspace Operations Squadron

“I interviewed the creator of a Nickelodeon cartoon for my podcast and saw ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’ Also, family things.”

Gas Turbine Systems Technician 3rd Class (Surface Warfare) Kyle FreerJoint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam first lieutenant

“Time away from work was good. I had a Christmas party and I invited all of my coworkers.”

Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Pruitt37th Intelligence Squadron

“I spent dinner with old and new friends. It was nice and relaxing.”

Pvt. Mary Seals25th Sustainment Brigade

“I worked a 24-hour shift. It was a guard duty shift. I had one hour off for breakfast. Somebody had to do it. On New Year’s I helped a friend get through his 24-hour shift.”

Staff Sgt. Christopher Terrell690th Cyberspace Operations Squadron

I found out that a good friend of mine was accepted into officer trainingschool. Great way to bring in the holidays. We celebrated by tacking on his first ‘butter’ bars.”

Carmella SmithArmy spouse

“Cooking for family, friends, and single Soldiers.”

Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Brett WilsonAfloat Training Group Middle Pacific

“Working out at the pool with my sons, Xander and Xeth, training them to be future Navy rescue swimmers.”

Provided by Ensign Krystyna Nowakowski and David D. Underwood Jr.

Petrel plowed the waters of Pearl Harbor

Commander,

Navy Region Hawaii Rear Adm. John V. Fuller

Chief of Staff Capt. Mark Manfredi

Commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Capt. Stanley Keeve Jr.

Deputy Commander Col. Richard Smith

Director, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

Agnes Tauyan

Deputy Director, Public Affairs Bill Doughty

Director, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Public Affairs Grace Hew Len

Editor Don Robbins

Assistant Editor Brandon Bosworth

Sports Editor Randy Dela Cruz

Sr. Graphic Artist Antonio Verceluz

Graphic Artist Michelle Poppler

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On Jan. 11, 1905, (111 years ago this week) the gunboat Petrel (PG 2) became the first U.S. Navy ship to enter Pearl Harbor, then the Territory of Hawaii. Petrel entered by way of a newly-dredged channel.

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Abandoned property to be removed at JBPHHJoint Base Pearl Har-bor-Hickam Public Affairs

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) has been experiencing numerous issues with personnel abandoning their privately owned vehicles, including bicycles. They have also been leaving bulk trash items in unauthorized locations at JBPHH.

JBPHH Security Forces have seen an increase in abandoned vehicles on the installation. They are identifying, placing citations/

notices, and towing vehicles when required.

Personnel should be briefed on JBPHH policies regarding the re-sponsibility of the owners’ person-ally owned vehicles and long term storage of vehicles on the instal-lation in accordance with JBPH-HINST 5560.1 (Traffic and Parking Regulations).

Effective Jan. 5, unaccompanied housing offices have begun to place notices on all abandoned bicycles throughout their facilities for a period of 30 days. All bicycles not

claimed after the 30-day period will be removed and discarded in ac-cordance with CNICINST 1710.3 (Operation of Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs)

By direction of the Joint Base commander, people may not dump any kind of bulk trash on JBPHH property or to bring any kind of outside trash on to JBPHH for dis-posal. Dumpsters located on JB-PHH are for trash generated on the base only.

For more information, call 474-6735 or 471-3521.

Resolving to do more right in 2016Rear Adm. John Fuller

Commander, Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Sur-face Group Middle Pacific

What are your New Year’s resolutions? Like me, I’m sure good health, safety, security and fam-ily prosperity are at the top of your list.

Let ’s consider some more resolutions we can work on together in 2016. How about: demonstrat-ing pr ide , improving readiness and owning our warrior ethos—we can achieve these goals by knowing what “right” and “excellence” look like and by doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

The vast majority of our workforce does this already, which is why we are seeing both num-bers of serious incidents decrease and some read-iness trends rising. But there is still room for im-provement.

CNO Adm. John Rich-ardson issued “A De-s ign for Maintaining Maritime Superiority” strategy with four key attributes and values he expects of us:

• Integrity: Our be-haviors as individuals and as an organization align with our values as a profession. We actively strengthen each other ’s resolve to act consistently with our values. As indi-viduals, as teams, and as a Navy, our conduct must always be upright and honorable both in public and when nobody’s look-ing.

• Accountability: We are a mission-focused force. We achieve and maintain high standards. Our actions support our strategy. We clearly de-fine the problem we’re trying to solve and the

proposed outcomes. In execution, we honestly assess our progress and adjust as required—we are our own toughest critic.

• Initiative: On their own, everybody strives to be the best they can be —we give 100% when on the job. Our leaders take ownership and act to the limit of their authorities. We foster a questioning attitude and look at new ideas with an open mind. Our most junior team-mate may have the best idea; we must be open to capturing that idea.

• Toughness: We can take a hit and keep go-ing, tapping all sources of strength and resilience: rigorous training for op-erations and combat, the fighting spirit of our people, and the steadfast support of our families. We don’t give up the ship.

You’ll be hearing more about the CNO’s Design for Maintaining Mari-time Superiority in the months ahead. I encour-age everyone to read it: http://www.navy.mil/cno/docs/cno_stg.pdf. As the CNO says, “We are one Navy Team—comprised of a diverse mix of active duty and reserve Sailors, Navy Civilians, and our families—with a history of service, sacrifice and success. We will build

on this history to create a climate of operational excellence that will keep us ready to prevail in all future challenges.”

Adm. Michelle How-ard, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, writes about this on her NavyLive blogpost, #HonorOnline campaign. She challenges us to practice bystander intervention, not only in person, but also online: “When you see something wrong, do something right.”

We can prevent a vast number of problems from happening—or escalat-ing—if we remember to apply our Core Values of honor, courage and com-mitment. This is true whether on or off duty, whether the issue is small or large.

For example, here are some “what right looks like” questions to ask: Why do we see people walk past each other on base without offering a greeting? Why aren’t we surprised when we see someone walk past lit-ter without picking it up near their home or work-place? What more can we do to prevent preventable incidents like drinking and driving, sexual as-saults or domestic vio-lence?

These may seem to be unrelated, but think about it: when we ac-knowledge one another as par t o f a greater o h a n a a n d w h e n w e value our shared envi-ronment, it’s easier to become a concerned and engaged bystander.

One career-ending mis-take in personal judg-ment is one too many. The simple fact is, we can prevent most of these mistakes, we can break the error chain, espe-cially if someone “sees something wrong and

does something right.”Vice Adm. Bill Moran,

Chief of Naval Person-nel, speaks about the importance of responsi-bility and accountability. I’m paraphrasing, but he likes to say we are not a club; we are a profession. As professionals, we need to understand how our actions impact our other team members.

Vice Adm. Moran re-turns to Pearl Harbor this week and will con-duct more Al l Hands Calls. We are grateful for all he does on behalf of Sailors and their families. He’s helping us communi-cate up, down and across our enterprise.

In conclusion, I’d like to see a professional commitment to excel-lence that starts off as a 2016 New Year’s reso-lution; treat each other with dignity and respect, greet people sincerely and proudly and take an extra moment in time to observe and then take positive action to improve the environment around you—even if you start with the little things. Re-alize we are working to-gether for a noble cause: to defend our country, our ideals and our loved ones.

Master Chief Petty O f f i c e r o f t h e N a v y (MCPON) Mike Stevens reminds us, “Taking the oath to protect our Na-tion and fellow citizens through military service is one of the most reward-ing experiences anyone can have.”

Let’s resolve to do our best to have a healthy, safe, secure and prosper-ous year together as the next step towards a better future. Thanks for look-ing out for each other—shipmates, wingmen, veterans, DoD civilians and military families. Happy New Year!

Rear Adm. John Fuller

January 15, 2016 Ho‘okele A-4

Visitors from near and far came to JBPHH in 2015Brandon Bosworth

Ho‘okele Assistant Editor

In 2015, Joint Base Pearl Har-bor-Hickam hosted a wide array of visiting ships and dignitaries from around the world.

Some of the ships making port visits to Pearl Harbor were from foreign navies.

In September, the Japan Mari-time Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) guided missile destroyer JS Ash-igara (DDH 178) visited JBPHH after completing multilateral exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 in San Diego. Dawn Blitz is a scenar-io-driven exercise led by U.S. 3rd Fleet and 1st Marine Expedition-ary Force that tested participants in the planning and execution of amphibious operations through a series of live training events.

The Chinese People’s Libera-tion Army-Navy [PLA(N)] mid-shipmen training vessel Zheng He (Type 679, Hull 81) visited JBPHH in October, and three [PLA(N)] ships—CNS Jinan (DDG 152), CNS Yiyan (FFG 548) and CNS Qiandaohu (AOE 886)—visited JBPHH in December.

Among U.S. Navy ships mak-ing port calls at Pearl Harbor were the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8).

On the Air Force side, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) hosted more than 70 Republic of Korea Air Force Academy (ROKAF) cadets during a visit to the headquarters in November.

Dignitaries from other nations

also visited JBPHH in 2015.In February, the crew of the

Los Angeles-class fast attack sub-marine USS Olympia (SSN 717) welcomed Japan’s first lady, Akie Abe, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The U.S. ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, ac-companied Abe.

Gen Nakatani, the Japanese minister of defense, visited and toured the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) in No-vember. Nakatani’s visit also

included a tour of the Military Sealift Command’s sea-based X-band radar and a wreath-lay-ing ceremony at National Me-morial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl).

2015 also saw several U.S. mili-tary VIPs visiting JBPHH.

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody visited with Airmen and hosted separate all-calls with junior and senior en-listed Airmen during his visit in January. The Air Force side of joint base welcomed Chief Mas-ter Sgt. Gay Veale, command chief master sergeant of the 11th Air Force, in July, and the com-mander of 11th Air Force, Lt. Gen. Russell Handy, in Septem-ber.

In February, Vice Adm. Dixon R. Smith, commander, Navy In-stallations Command, visited his former command, Navy Region Hawaii.

Secretary of Defense Ash Car-ter visited the U.S. Pacific Com-mand area of responsibility in April to make observations for the force of the future and the rebal-ance to the Pacific.

October saw Sailors on the USS

John Paul Jones (DDG 53) host-ing Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike D. Stevens as part of the Navy’s 240th birthday celebration.

In November, Assistant Sec-retary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment Dennis McGinn toured the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility during his visit to military installations in Hawaii. The facility is a national strategic asset that supports mil-itary operations in the Pacific. Other 2015 visitors to the site included U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as well as Hawaii Gov. David Ige.

Ige also visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermedi-ate Maintenance Facility Dec. 21 to learn more about the historic shipyard’s national security mis-sion and role as the state’s largest industrial employer. He toured the submarine USS Hawaii (SSN-776) undergoing maintenance in dry dock at the shipyard, and thanked the crew, project team and other waterfront workers for their contributions.

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDH 178) pulls pier-side Sept. 23, 2015 into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Jeff Troutman

USS Texas visits Subic Bay during Indo-Asia-Pacific deployment Lt. j.g. Eric Wooten

USS Texas Public Affairs

MANILA, Republic of the Philippines (NNS)—Virginia-class fast-at-tack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) arrived in Subic Bay Jan. 5 for a visit as part of its In-do-Asia-Pacific deploy-ment.

With a crew o f ap-proximately 135, Texas conducts a multitude of missions to enhance pro-ficiency of the subma-rine fleet.

H o m e p o r t e d a t Joint Base Pearl Har-bor-Hickam, Texas is the second submarine of its class commissioned by the United States and is operated by some of the Navy’s finest and most

well-trained officers and enlisted personnel.

“ Te x a s S a i l o r s a r e hardworking and down-right dedicated,” said

Master Chief Machin-ist’s Mate Daniel Kloep-fer, Texas’s chief of the boat. “Maintaining a for-ward-deployed nuclear

submarine is not an easy task and Subic Bay will allow for some much de-served rest for the crew.”

For many crew mem-

bers, this is their first visit to the Philippines.

“I can’t wait to get to the Philippines for the first time,” said Elec-

tronics Technician 2nd Class Keagan Garber. “I’m looking forward to exploring the great out-doors.”

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Brian G. ReynoldsThe Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) transits Tokyo Bay before arriving at Fleet Activities Yokosuka in this file photo. Texas recently arrived in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines.

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(Right) U.S. Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson, Pacific Air Forces commander, presents U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Sofranko with technical sergeant stripes as part of his promotion through the Stripes for Exceptional Performers program during a Jan. 8 Headquarters PACAF all-call at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. During the all-call, Robinson discussed a number of topics ranging from a 2015 year-in-review to her thoughts and direction as PACAF completes its transition into a component headquarters. The all-call gave Robinson an opportunity to address headquarters staff and set a tone for air operations within the Indo-Asia-Pacific region during the upcoming year.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart

(Left) Brian Yim, USS Hawaii (SSN 776) project superintendent, introduces Hawaii Gov. David Ige to the submarine crew and shipyard personnel at dry dock 1 during the governor’s Dec. 21 visit to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. Ige visited to learn more about the historic shipyard’s national security mission and role as the state’s largest industrial employer. He toured the USS Hawaii undergoing maintenance in dry dock at the shipyard, and thanked the crew, project team and other waterfront workers for their contributions.

U.S. Navy photo by Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Public Affairs

(Below) Adm. Harry Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, salutes President Barack Obama after he disembarks Air Force One Dec. 18 at Joint Base Pearl-Harbor-Hickam.

U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Jay Chu

(Below) Chief Master Sgt. Paul K. Kamakawiwoole administers the Chief’s Oath to Chief Master Sgt. Broc Richardson during a Hawaii Air National Guard promotion ceremony Jan. 9 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Chief master sergeants make up only two percent of the total enlisted force of the Air Force.

U.S. National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Robert Cabuco

(Right) Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, greets participants of a workshop sponsored by the Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute and the University of Adelaide. The workshop, held in Waikiki on Jan. 13, addressed the role of naval power in the Indian Ocean.

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Brian Wilbur

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Using the combined talents of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam family members and local teens, Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School topped off 2015 with a bang by winning the Hawaii state Div. II prep football championship.

Seeking to pick up right where the football squad left off, Radford’s varsity boys basketball team opened the 2016 season with back-to-back losses, but first-year, interim head coach David Lane promised that with rein-forcements on the way, the best is yet to come.

“We had two of our starters didn’t play tonight,” Lane pointed out after a 50-37 loss to Aiea. “One just didn’t play and another is on a football trip. We’re hoping when we get him back, he’ll make a big difference be-cause he made a big dif-ference in preseason.”

Earlier in the evening, the Rams junior var-sity team evened out their season at 1-1 with a 43-40 win over Aiea.

Aga ins t A iea , a lack of a strong in-side game made it extremely difficult for the varsity Rams to hang with Na Alii from horn to horn.

Aiea got out to an early lead, but the Rams staged a comeback and even pulled ahead at 15-13 with 5:10 in the first quarter on a three-ball from the perimeter by guard Sean Musras-rik.

Aiea scored the next two baskets to take a 17-15 lead, but the game was put in another deadlock when Rams forward Brandon Campbell scored on a short putback with 2:21 on the clock.

The game remained tight in the second quarter as it headed toward the halftime. But Na Alii sophomore guard Stephen Pang gave Aiea some breathing room with back-to-back shots for three and two points to stage his team to a 24-17 lead at halftime.

Coming out of the break, Radford made another run at Aiea to cut the lead down to six after Musrasrik con-nected on his second trey from downtown to make it 30-24.

However, Aiea started to control the boards once again and slowly rebuilt its lead.

Lane admitted that losing the battle of the boards was just one element in Radford’s inability to sustain a con-sistent attack.

“That (rebounds) was one of the differences,” Lane noted. “We tried to get everybody to board, but it’s still a learning process for us. They (Na Alii) did a better job of putting a body on us and getting to the boards — espe-cially offensive rebounds. We just weren’t in position, but that’s something we work on every day and we’ll get better at it.”

Once Radford lost the battle of the boards, Aiea made the most of its second-chance opportunities.

Junior Na Alii forward Keyson Goins was the main beneficiary of the extra shots, as the slender wing man went on a hot streak to help Aiea out-score Radford, 18-8, in the third quarter.

Goins scored 12 points in the third quarter alone and finished with a season-high 22 points on three treys, six field goals and making one of two free throws.

“We were down at that point, so we were just chasing a little bit,” Lane said about why Goins was so effective. “But he’s a good player. He just beat our help and took us to the basket.”

Following the loss to Aiea, Radford got its first win of the season with a 52-42 win over Nanakuli High School two nights later.

The victory affirmed what Lane promised to Joint Base basketball fans that the Rams would be a force in local prep basketball.

“We’re going to put it together,” Lane said as he invited area fans to come out and support the team. “We have a favorable home schedule, with the next four games at home, so we’ll just get back to it tomorrow.”

The next game for Radford is a home game against the visiting Waianae Seariders.

Tip-off is at 5:30 for the junior varsity game with the varsity showdown immediately following.

“We’re going to put it together. We have a favorable home schedule,

with the next four games at home, so we’ll just get back

to it tomorrow.”— David Lane

Interim head coach

Radford Rams fall to Aiea Na Alii Story and photo

by Randy Dela Cruz

Sports Editor, Ho‘okele

Rams varsity starting forward Brandon Campbell goes up for a shot.

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Repeat champions in flag football top 2015 SPORTS YEAR In REvIEw

Tech. Sgt. Jason Price gets away from a pass rush to complete a toss.

Senior Airman Adrian McNeal goes up for a shot.

Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) celebrates after winning their second softball championship in three years.

Gas Turbine System (Mechanical) 2nd Class John Lennon goes up to stop a shot for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.

HIANG hitter Lt. Col. Rick Cox goes up for a kill shot.

Story and photos by Randy Dela Cruz

Sports Editor, Ho‘okele

With the intramural sports seasons on Joint Base just around the corner, one story from last year stands out from all the others.

This year, sports on Joint Base begin when the intramural bas-ketball season on tips off on Jan. 25, with soccer soon to follow.

While the NFL playoffs are in full swing, last season’s year-end-ing championship run by the 647th Force Support Squadron (647 FSS) flag football squad is still fresh in the minds of Joint Base Morale, Welfare and Recre-ation sports.

Not only did the 647 FSS ac-complish the lofty task of repeat-ing as champions for the second season in a row, the team made a solid case for being the most dom-inant flag football squad in Joint Base history by winning all of its games to match the previous sea-son’s title run.

Although the 647 FSS was tagged as having one defeat in 2015, the game was lost on the count of a forfeit and not encoun-tered during an actual game.

“We won 27 in a row,” said 647 FSS defensive captain Staff Sgt. John Ribbins, who pointed out that the only blemish on the team’s record was a double for-feit that disqualified both teams for unsportsmanlike conduct. “We never gave up more than 13 points in any game. I mean, you can’t describe words for it.”

While Ribbins anchored a seek-and-destruct defense from his middle linebacker position, the big “D” had ample help from the opposite side of the ball, where Tech. Sgt. Jason Price guided a well-balanced offense.

“We had the same core (from 2014),” Price said. “Unfortu-nately, most of us are leaving, so this is probably our last run to-gether.”

The 647 FSS wasn’t the only team on base to have a fantastic run last year.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY) soccer club also gar-nered a second intramural title in two seasons — becoming the first intramural soccer team to do it since 2012.

Then to top things off even fur-ther, PHNSY, playing as Chal-lenger, went on to win their second Winter Soccer League championship.

In total, Pearl Harbor has now won four soccer championships in succession on Joint Base over the last two years.

The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) also enjoyed an excellent year in 2015 by captur-ing not one, but two Joint Base intramural sports titles.

First up, the HIANG picked up their second softball champion-ship in three years by taking a decisive 17-10 win over 647th Se-curity Forces Squadron (647 SFS) Pound Town.

In the process, HIANG bid a farewell to Chief Master Sgt. Vince Ramos, whose military ca-reer that spanned 42 years.

Then, HIANG continued their longstanding dominance in vol-leyball by claiming their 13th championship out of the last 14 years.

As the teams prepare to kick off the new sports year with basket-ball, the big question is whether or not the 647th Security Forces Squadron Pound Town has what it takes to repeat as base cham-pions.

Last year, Pound Town topped off a perfect season by defeating Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY), 58-53, in the hoops championship final.

From day one, stay tuned to Ho‘okele for the latest updates and results.

Here’s to another exciting and outstanding year of sports at Joint Base.

“We won 27 in a row. We never

gave up more than 13 points in

any game. I mean, you can’t describe

words for it.”— Staff Sgt. John Ribbins,

647 FSS defensive captain

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Free fitness challenge at JBPHHBy Helen KoJoint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Morale, Welfare and Recreation

Fitness Challenge 2016 offers patrons the opportunity to sample different types of classes for free. The classes include PiYo, kickbox-ing, Zumba, yoga and more. The event takes place Jan. 23 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Fitness Center.

“This event is offered as a means of jump-starting a healthy lifestyle after the endless holiday eating. In addition, the event pro-vides an opportunity to showcase the different variety of classes of-fered at the fitness center,” said

Lori Gaynor, fitness manager at Wahiawa Annex.

PiYo Strength is a workout combining muscle sculpting with core-firming benefits of Pilates, with the strength and flexibility advan-tages of yoga. Athletic movements are included to pump up the inten-sity and burn calories.

Kickboxing is an intense, high energy, and fun-filled workout that combines aerobics with martial arts.

Zumba is a cardio workout in-spired by traditional Latin dance such as salsa, crumbier and merengue. The constant move-ments keep the heart pumping and works up a sweat.

Yoga is for those who aren’t interested in a high intensity workout but still want to develop strength and flexibility.

The Fitness Challenge is an an-nual event organized at the begin-ning of the new year. Last year’s event had approximately 90 par-ticipants, and Gaynor says each year the event grows bigger.

The free event is two hours long with each segment lasting 20-25 minutes. The instructors for the respective classes will be there to assist patrons and share their pas-sion for fitness.

(For more information, contact the JBPHH Fitness Center at 471-2019.)

FFR marketing photo Yoga is one of the classes patrons can try for free at the Fitness Challenge on Jan. 23.

Photo courtesy Hickam Communities LLCHickam Elementary School first graders lent a hand to plant trees at Aloha ‘Aina Park at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Assisting the students were Lt. Col. Kurt Muller, commander of the 647th Air Base Group Squadron, and Jim Switzer, Hickam Communities project director.

Hickam Communities LLC

Hickam Communities celebrated Arbor Day for the 16th consecutive year with a tree planting ceremony held last month at Aloha ‘Aina Park on the Hickam side of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Lt. Col. Kurt Muller, commander of the 647th Air Base Group Squadron, officiated at the event. He also read the Arbor Day Foundation’s proclamation in the presence of Jim Switzer, Hickam Communities project director, Hickam Communities staff, teachers and par-ents from Hickam Elementary School and other guests.

The Arbor Day celebration at Hickam Communities provided a teachable moment for Hickam Elementary first graders, who answered questions about the im-portance of trees to the community, before assisting with the tree planting ceremony.

Two smooth kou trees, an indigenous tree variety chosen by Matt Flach, Navy arborist, will provide added shade for park users and compliment other tree species already growing in the location. Smooth kou trees are best suited to a spacious landscape, since their canopy can spread as wide as 25 to 30 feet. The trees, which produce orange flowers year round, were donated by South Pacific Contracting, LLC, a land-scape maintenance vendor of Hickam Communities.

For many decades, Hickam has dedicated itself to the stewardship of the urban tree canopy that beautifies the location. Residents and visitors may notice signs posted throughout the community that read “Tree City USA.”

The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized it as a community dedicated to a healthy, sustainable urban forestry program. It is one of 3,400 other cities and towns across the nation being honored this year with the Tree City USA designation.

Hickam Communities celebrates Arbor Day

Sailors can ‘shout out’ for Valentine’s DayNavy Office of Community Outreach

F o r t h e u p c o m -ing Valentine’s Day h o l i d a y, t h e N a v y Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) is of-fering an opportunity for all Sailors to create and share short, recorded shout-outs of 15-20 seconds with a Navy key message to their loved ones.The deadline is 8 a.m. Eastern Standard Time Feb. 5.

Sailors can call 1-855-OUR-NAVY (1-855-687-6289) and record their shout-outs.

Sailors should wait for a 3 to 5-second pause after voice directions and record their message using a template script after the beep.

The script is as follows: “Hi, I’m Navy (rank and full name) from (home town and home state), and currently serving at (command) or aboard (ship), operating out of (duty station) or forward in the (AOR).

“I want to wish my (significant other, family, mom and dad) and everyone in my hometown of (hometown) Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope to see you all very soon. Go Navy!”

Once the Sailors hang up, the audio file will be automatically sent to NAVCO’s email, where it will be screened before being shared with radio media outlets in the Sailors’ hometowns.

Randy Dela Cruz

Sports Editor, Ho‘okele

Each and every year, one of the top resolutions for the New Year is for people to develop habits that would lead to a healthier lifestyle.

Since joining civilian life over two years ago, retired Navy Lt. Donta Tanner has become a brand name all to himself, when it comes to first taking the bodybuilding world by storm and then showing others the way to do it for themselves.

Tanner accomplished a milestone in the career of any bodybuilder

when he attained his professional credentials at the 2012 Interna-tional Federation Bodybuilding (IFBB) North American Champi-onships.

Since then, its been full speed ahead for Tanner, who is busy forg-ing an acting career while work-ing with an ever-growing client list of the some of the top fitness and bodybuilding athletes in the islands.

While 2016 has barely gotten off the ground, Tanner is busting out the big guns and has invited his good friend and longtime mentor Kim Oddo to host a “Learn from the Pros” workshop that will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

The workshop will cover a multi-tude of topics that will start off with nutrition and training and then proceed into bodybuilding prepara-tion, such as posing and stage pres-ence, for those aspiring to compete.

“As professional athletes, as we continue to try and hone our craft

and get better, it usually takes an outside source to help you out,” Tanner pointed out. “Tiger Woods, he had a coach and it would be-hoove you to get an outside per-spective from a professional who has experience in helping other professionals become better.”

When it comes to helping fitness athletes take it to the next level, Tanner swears by Oddo, who he started to collaborate with while in pursuit of a pro card back in 2012.

A force in the health and fitness industry for 25 years, Oddo is rec-ognized as one of the top nutrition-ist and trainers in the world.

In the competitive fitness industry alone, Oddo is es-timated to have helped more than 350 athletes earn professional sta-tus, while qualifying 100 athletes for the Joe Weider Olym-pia Weekend.

“We’re going to talk about nutri-t ion, how certain plans can be custom-ized for individuals, and sports-specific things like posing,” Tanner acknowl-edged. “I’m going to have a couple of my other teammates talking about how stage pres-ence certainly adds to their per-formance. But, the workshop can help anyone. You don’t have to be a competitor to get some benefits out of this.”

Tanner said the primary rea-son to start off the year with a fitness workshop is to help peo-ple get on and stay on the right track to wellness by giving them

the knowledge to succeed.Although Hawaii continues to

be around the top in the country for maintaining high standards of physical fitness, he feels that things can be so much better if people are properly informed.

“This is why we’re doing it,” he said. “Hawaii’s a market where we really care about our health and fitness, but as far as coaching, a lot of people aren’t too up to speed with how much a coach can help.”

The cost for the workshop is $99 and Tanner said that even though it will be held tomorrow, he will re-serve a spot for you if you call and register by today, Jan. 15.

(For more information, contact Tanner at 1-951-695-8805, 342-6500 or by email at contact@body-byo.com.)

For more training tips, visit www.DontaTanner.com or www.hawaiifitnesscenter.com.

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“As professional athletes, as we continue to try and hone our craft and get better,it usually

takes an outside source to help you out.”— Donta Tanner, IFBB professional bodybuilder

Upcoming blood drivesTripler Army Medical Center Blood Donor

Center has updated its schedule of upcoming blood drives as part of the Armed Services Blood Donor Program (ASBP). Dates and lo-cations are updated regularly online as new drives are scheduled. Donors are encouraged to schedule an appointment online, call to make an appointment, and check www.militaryblood.dod.mil for the latest information.

Currently scheduled drives include: • Jan. 25, 9, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tripler Army

Medical Center Blood Donor Center.• Jan. 26, 9, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tripler

Army Medical Center Blood Donor Center.• Jan. 28, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Naval Sub-

marine Support Command, 822 Clark St., suite 400, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

• Feb. 3, 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Tropics, Schofield Barracks.

(For more information, contact Michelle Lele-Himalaya, Armed Services Blood Pro-gram, Tripler Army Medical Center, at 433-6699 or email Michelle.Lele.civ@mail.mil.)

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‘Mighty Mo’ to host history day

History will come to life at Ford Island as the Battleship Missouri Me-morial will host “Living History Day” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 30.

Festivities will feature exhibits and activities from a collection of histor-ical attractions, organiza-tions, and active military commands, including dis-plays of military vehicles, memorabilia and weap-onry, bands playing pa-triotic music, oral history presentations, re-enactors in historical period dress

and costumes and static displays from active-duty military units.

Admission to Living History Day is free for Hawaii residents, mil-itary and members of the Battleship Missouri Memorial Association. Complimentary round-trip shuttle service will be offered from the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center be-ginning at 8 a.m.

(For more information, call (toll-free) 1-877-644-4896 or visit USSMis-souri.org.)

Photo courtesy of the Battleship Missouri Memorial Today, the Battleship Missouri Memorial rests in the heart of Pearl Harbor at the 1,000-foot Pier Foxtrot-5 on Ford Island.

John Burns, administrative assistant for Navy Region Hawaii, took this photo of a sea urchin recently in a tide pool on rocky cliffs near Sandy Beach. How to submit: email your non-posed photos to editor@hookelenews.com.

My Favorite PhotoScholarship applications available Hickam Officers’ Spouses Club

Each year the Hickam Officers’ Spouses’ Club (HOSC) awards multi-ple scholarships to mili-tary dependents to help further their educations. Funding for these schol-arships is generated com-pletely through sales from the Hickam Thrift Shop.

Applications are avail-able now at www.hicka-mosc.com/scholarships and must be received by March 1, 2016. Please refer to the application for full eligibil-ity requirements.

The HOSC scholarship is available to military de-pendents pursuing higher education at an accred-ited vocational or tech-nical school, two to four year college, or university and can be used for grad-uate school and PhD pro-grams.

The following scholar-ship categories are avail-able: high school senior, continuing education, and spouse. An applicant’s sponsor must meet one of the following criteria to be eligible:

• Active duty U.S mil-itary member currently assigned in Hawaii.

• Active duty U.S. Mil-itary member on a remote

assignment from Hawaii.• Retired U.S. military

member residing in Ha-waii.

• Full time Hawaii Na-tional Guard member.

• Full time US military Reserve member residing in Hawaii.

• Deceased U.S. mili-tary member with appli-cant residing in Hawaii

Recipients are selected based on educational in-formation, employment, volunteerism, school and community related clubs/activities, self-improve-ment activities, leader-ship positions, awards/honors, personal essay and letters of recommen-dation.

Recipients will be cho-sen in April and will be honored at the HOSC an-nual scholarship awards banquet in May where amount values of the in-dividual scholarships will be announced.

Scholarship money can be used for payment of tuition, fees, and/or room and board charged by the finance or business office of the school during the fall 2016 semester and/or the spring 2017 semester.

For more information, contact the scholarship coordinator at hoscschol-arship@gmail.com.

MLK Day commissary hours announced

The Pearl Harbor Com-missary will reduce its operational hours for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 18. It will open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.

Hours for the Hickam

C o m m i s s a r y o n t h e holiday are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

(For more information, call the Pearl Harbor Commissary at 471-8402, ext. 101 and the Hickam Commissary at 449-1363.)

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HOSC SCHOLARSHIPSNOW — Applications are available for Hickam Officers’ Spouses Club (HOSC) scholarships for military family members to further their education. Applications are available online and must be received by March 1, 2016. FMI: www.hickamosc.com/scholarships or hoscscholarship@gmail.com.

PRO BOWL TAILGATE VOLUNTEERSNOW — Volunteers are being sought for the NFL Pro Bowl Tailgating Party on Jan. 31 at Richardson Field across from Aloha Stadium. Department of Defense cardholders can sign up beginning Jan. 16 or until spaces are filled. Volunteers get a free T-shirt, box lunch and a ticket to the game. Priority will be given to single Navy and Air Force service members (who can sign up now at Beeman Center), followed by all DoD card holders. FMI: 473-2583.

FOOD VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITYNOW — The JBPHH command volunteer service seeks Navy and Air Force service members to participate in various volunteer opportunities. The Honolulu Community Action Program (HCAP) in partnership with the Hawaii Food Bank will conduct a food distribution in the Kalihi Valley Homes area located at 2250 Kalena Drive in Honolulu. The event is scheduled for today, Feb. 19 and March 11 from noon to 3:30 p.m. FMI: MAC William Matteson at william.n.matteson@navy.mil. In addition, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) is a new program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Volunteers are needed to pack nearly 2,400 food boxes for low income kupuna (elderly). The event is scheduled for Jan. 23 and Feb. 27 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hawaii Food Bank warehouse. FMI: CS1 Jenny Bueso at jenny.bueso@navy.mil.

BEACHFEST WITH MAGIC!SATURDAY — Beachfest with the group “MAGIC!” in concert will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at Hickam Harbor. This is a free event. Canadian reggae fusion band “MAGIC!” will take the stage at 3:30 p.m. The pre-party will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. The event is open Department of Defense card holders and their sponsored guests. FMI: www.greatlifehawaii.com.

TRAFFIC IMPACTS19 — Starting Jan. 19, contractor excavation work at the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Radford Drive for a sewer line will impact Makalapa Gate traffic. Work requires adjustments to the lanes exiting through Makalapa Gate off Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH). Departing the base, the

right lane will continue to be a dedicated right-turn only lane. The center straight lane will continue to cross Kamehameha Highway towards the NEX and be directed into a contraflow lane. Makalapa Gate’s left lane will become a left-turn only lane. This work is anticipated to continue for approximately three weeks. To reduce traffic at Makalapa Gate, motorists should consider alternate exits from JBPHH.

EXPLORING CAREERS20 — A class on career exploration will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. at Military and Family Support Center Hickam. The class will focus on participants’ natural strengths and strategies recommended by career experts. FMI: www.greatlifehawaii.com or 474-1999.

FBI RECRUITMENT21 — Representatives from the FBI will available from 1 to 3 p.m. at Military and Family Support Center Pearl Harbor to discuss career choices available at the agency, qualification requirements and hiring procedures. FMI: www.greatlifehawaii.com or 474-1999.

WAHIAWA BLOCK PARTY22 — A Wahiawa Block Party will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. at Wahiawa Annex sports field. There will be free barbecue, games and prizes. This event is open to all authorized patrons. FMI: www.greatlifehawaii.com.

FREE ADVANCE SCREENING23 — A free advance screening of the movie “The Finest Hour” will be shown at Hickam Memorial Theater at 4 p.m. Doors will open at 2 p.m. Tickets will be available at the Hickam Food Court. FMI: 422-4425.

SHIPYARD RECRUITMENT27 — Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard will be recruiting at the Job Quest Job Fair at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. The shipyard is hiring for more than 500 production, engineering and support positions. FMI: www.facebook.com/PearlHarborNavalShipyard/.

COFFEE OUTREACH SOCIAL 27 — A coffee outreach social will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Makai Recreation Center, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The Joint Base Military and Family Support Center will help participants at the event connect with local military agencies and community members providing tools and resources. FMI: Reagan or Melissa at 474-1999.

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In this continuation of the “Star Wars” saga, balance returns to the Force as the First Order, emerging from the ashes of the Empire, clashes with the Resistance, which includes scrappy newcomers as well as heroes from the former Rebel Alliance.

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TODAY 1-15 5:00 PM Star Wars: The Force Awakens (3-D) (PG-13)7:40 PM Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13)

SATURDAY 1-162:30 PM Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG)4:40 PM Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13) 7:30 PM Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13)

SUNDAY 1-172:30 PM Star Wars: The Force Awakens (3-D) (PG-13)5:10 PM Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) 7:10 PM Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13)

THURSDAY - 1/217:00 PM Sisters (R)

TODAY 1-15 6:00 PM Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG)

SATURDAY 1-163:00 PM Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) 6:00 PM Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG)

SUNDAY 1-173:00 PM Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) 6:00 PM Krampus (PG-13)

THURSDAY - 1/217:00 PM The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (PG-13)

SHARKEY THEATER HICKAM MEMORIAL THEATER