Kevin Knodell

On Wednesday the Navy announced that the biennial Rim of the Pacific — better known as RIMPAC — will again this summer, from June 24 to July 31, bring troops, warships and aircraft from 31 nations to Hawaii .

Office of Hawaiian Affairs leaders spent three days in Washington, D.C., last week, holding talks with congressional lawmakers and Pentagon officials on the future of military-leased lands in Hawaii.

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the missing crew members of the cargo vessel Mariana after days of searching for it after it capsized off of Saipan during Typhoon Sinlaku.

Several community members and activists in Hawaii are mourning the deaths of 19 people — including two American citizens with ties to the islands — during a Philippine military operation on the island of Negros. The Philippine government has described the April 19 incident as a firefight with armed rebels, while activists have described it as a massacre.

Soldiers from nine countries are competing on Oahu this week to see which of them is the best as they test themselves on their fitness and fighting skills.

Military leaders in Hawaii have increasingly used the islands as a training and weapons-testing ground for their troops and those of their allies as they prepare forces for a potential showdown with China in Taiwan and the South China Sea.

More than a century of military training has left untold numbers of undetonated bombs and other munitions across the Hawaiian Islands.

Troops from Hawaii-based military units have been in the Philippines for a marathon series of training exercises since April as U.S. forces refine their Pacific strategy and test out new weapons in the region.

The Hawaii National Guard has officially concluded its support for relief efforts in the aftermath of two Kona-low storms that swept across the islands and ravaged Oahu’s North Shore in March, as well as intense weather that followed in April.

U.S. and Chinese military officials recently met in Hawaii to discuss tensions at sea as both sides refine their respective strategies in the Western Pacific and the Trump administration seeks to ease tensions.