Cultural awareness at forefront of historic Hawai‘i wildfires recovery mission
Brig. Gen. Kirk E. Gibbs, Commander and Division Engineer of the Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, left, and Lt. Col. Ryan Pevey, commander, USACE, Honolulu District bow their heads as Jessie Pa’ahana, an environmental justice coordinator with USACE offers an Oli – or chant – asking permission to enter the space, and to center the group. (U.S. Army photo by Joseph Paul Bruton)