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  • February

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii and contractor Absher Construction officials broke ground on a new $35.3 million barracks during a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony Feb. 23.

    Army Corps, Garrison Break Ground on New Barracks for Schofield’s HHBN Soldiers

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii and contractor Absher Construction officials broke ground on a new $35.3 million barracks during a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony Feb. 23.
  • Honolulu District Chief of Construction Lou Muzzarini visits the District's Engineers Week display at the Pearlridge Mall on Thursday, February 23, 2012.

    District Engineers to Support 2012 Engineers Week Activities

    More than 200 members of Hawaii's engineering community, including engineers from the Honolulu District, will gather at the Hale Koa's Banyan Tree Showroom Feb. 21 for a luncheon to kick off Engineers Week 2012, which runs Feb. 19 to 25.

  • January

    District Awards $28M Contract for Schofield Central Vehicle Wash Facility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District awarded a $28,300,000 contract Jan. 27 to Watts Constructors LLC, Honolulu, for a fiscal year 2012 project to build the Central Vehicle Wash Facility, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii.
  • Honolulu District Commander Lt. Col. Douglas B. Guttormsen recently attended the Association of Pacific Ports (APP) winter conference at Ko’olina on Oahu and presented a briefing called, the “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Your Partner in the Pacific.”

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partners with the Association of Pacific Ports at their winter conference in Hawaii

    Honolulu District Commander Lt. Col. Douglas B. Guttormsen recently attended the Association of Pacific Ports (APP) winter conference at Ko’olina on Oahu and presented a briefing called, the “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Your Partner in the Pacific.”

  • December

    Four hundred 2nd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers will begin moving into a new home soon. The New Barracks Complex on Schofield Barracks’s Lyman Road officially opened in late December during a maile lei untying / ribbon cutting ceremony attended by the Corps of Engineers, the Garrison’s Directorate of Public Works, 25th ID’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team and Corps’ contractor Absher Construction.

    2nd Brigade Soldiers Have New Place to Call Home

    Four hundred 2nd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers will begin moving into a new home soon. The New Barracks Complex on Schofield Barracks’s Lyman Road officially opened in late December during a maile lei untying / ribbon cutting ceremony attended by the Corps of Engineers, the Garrison’s Directorate of Public Works, 25th ID’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team and Corps’ contractor Absher Construction.
  • A traditional maile lei untying and blessing ceremony was held Thursday for the new Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing at Schofield Barracks. The blessing was presided over by Kahu La`akea Arista.

    New Schofield UEPH Barracks Blessed

    A traditional maile lei untying and blessing ceremony was held Thursday for the new Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing at Schofield Barracks. The blessing was presided over by Kahu La`akea Arista.

  • 565th EN DET Completes National Training Center Rotation

    The Honolulu-District-based 565th Engineer Detachment Forward Engineer Support Team-Advance (FEST-A) recently deployed to the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, Calif. to complete their mission readiness exercise and final certification in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
  • Col. Albert K.B. Lyman, a native Hawaiian who was later the first ethnic Hawaiian to attain the rank of general or admiral in the U.S. Armed Forces, was the Army’s Hawaiian Department Engineer during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He commanded the 34th Engineer Combat Regiment, the 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion, plus the 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion of the 25th Infantry Division and worked on building anti-aircraft gun sites and bomb-proofing bunkers and coastal fortifications.

    This week in history…

    Seven December 1941 was the opening scene of World War II, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was there. At 7:55 a.m., two waves of Japanese warplanes from a naval task force about 250 miles north of Hawaii appeared over Oahu. Some headed for American warships at Pearl Harbor and the planes on the ground at nearby Hickam Field; others hit Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Field, and Bellows Field.

  • November

    A ground blessing ceremony was held November 18 for the new Unit Operations Facilities campus at South Range, Schofield Barracks. The campus is part of a $279 million program at Schofield and was authorized in the FY09 Military Construction, Army program.

    Army Holds Blessing Ceremony for South Range Training Campus

    A ground blessing ceremony was held November 18 for the new Unit Operations Facilities campus at South Range, Schofield Barracks. The campus is part of a $279 million program at Schofield and was authorized in the FY09 Military Construction, Army program.
  • Reverend David Ka`upu conducts the traditional untying of the maile lei and ground breaking ceremony for the FY11 Alter Fuel Storage Tanks project at Area 11, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH).

    Alterations to Fuel Tanks to Begin

    A traditional untying of the maile lei and ground breaking ceremony was held last week for the FY11 Alter Fuel Storage Tanks project at Area 11, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH). The ceremony was presided over by Reverend David Kaupu.