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Army ends live-fire training at Makua

Star-Advertiser reports:

The last company of soldiers may have stormed the hills of Makua Valley with M-4 rifles blazing, artillery whistling overhead, mortars pounding mock enemy positions and helicopters firing from above.

After battling environmentalists and Hawaiian cultural practitioners since at least the late 1980s, the Army said this week it is acceding to community concerns and no longer will use the heavy firepower in Makua that started multiple fires in the 4,190-acre Waianae Coast valley and fueled a number of lawsuits.

3 comments to Army ends live-fire training at Makua

  • Ken Ng

    Ae, now to end the US occupation. The militarization of Hawai’i must end. The destruction of our economy must end. The restoration of our government must begin. End the occupation now.

  • The Liliuokalani Assignment is very interesting and sits side by side with Hawaiian nationals who are struggling to FREE HAWAII.
    Yes, it’s time to restore our country fully and stop all the b.s.
    Onward and forward.

    Onipa’a,
    Kawehi

  • I’m glad this has stopped too. They can find someplace else to blow up.

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