-- Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
Stop US Military Madness!
“The military in Hawaii is out of control and having a deadly impact on the life of our lands like they did on Kaho’olawe.” Walter Ritte, Hawaiian activist 4/29/24
Up to 7 Air Force military space telescopes are planned for Haleakala on Maui (photo below). Sentinel Landscape military buffer zones around military bases are planned on Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii Island. Military covert Special Operations (Assassination training) are taking place OUTSIDE military bases on all islands, using tourists and local people unknowingly as props. US military Assassin Reaper Drones are also now training in Hawaii.
Air Force Site on Haleakala, Maui for up to 7 telescopes
Hawaii is already one of the most militarized (and military-poisoned) places on the planet. There are more than 100 active US military installations in Hawaii. On Hawaii Island alone, there are at least 57 present and former US military sites on land totaling more than 250,000 acres in need of military cleanup – everything from unexploded ordnance to military chemical and biological weapons, Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation, etc. After more than $400 million was spent to clean up Kaho’olawe, the island is still littered with unexploded ordnance on land and in nearshore waters. Pearl Harbor, once Hawaii’s fish breeding center, is now a military-polluted Superfund site. Nuclear waste has been discharged into Pearl Harbor and more than 2000 fifty-five-gallon drums of military nuclear waste have been dumped off Oahu’s southern shores. Military jet fuel has leaked from massive underground fuel tanks at Red Hill on Oahu, contaminating the groundwater supply of more than 100,000 people, including military families. The full extent of military groundwater contamination is still unknown.
Sentinel Landscape is the creation of modern-day buffer-zone “land moats” around the castles of US militarism. Those who got to lease the castle “land moats” on Oahu and Kauai have been mainly chemical GMO biotech Fortune 500 seed corporations. Whatever farm crops and animals raised near a toxic stew base like Pohakuloa, will likely carry the toxins of the base. A 10-mile radius “Sentinel Landscape” buffer zone is being proposed for Pohakuloa. It is said that most or all of Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island could be designated as a Sentinel Landscape in service of US militarism.
Read more about Sentinel Landscape here: https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/08/18/hawaii-news/council-members-hear-pitch-on-sentinel-landscape-designation/ See the 2 min video on Sentinel Landscape here https://sentinellandscapes.org/
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Feds Designate 2,000,000 Acres of Hawaii as ‘Sentinel Landscapes’ 5/16/24 |
Aloha ‘Aina Action Needed!
Counter the Military Big Lie:
“We are Stewards of the Land”
Pohakuloa commander LTC Timothy Alvarado
June 7, 2024, Public Comment Deadline for Pohakuloa Training Area Draft 2 EIS Lease. Email to atlr-pta-eis@g70.design, mail to ATLR PTA EIS Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI 96801-3444.
Emphasize No Military Lease Renewal, No Land Swaps, No Buffer zones, Stop the Bombing and Desecration, Shut Down PTA, Make the Military Clean Up its Toxic Mess, Return the Land to the Kanaka Maoli, and pay reparations for the destruction of the ‘aina and psychological injuries caused.
See Jim Albertini’s testimony here: https://malu-aina.org/?p=10100
Learn more: Read the PTA Environmental Impact Statement here https://home.army.mil/hawaii/ptaeis/project-home For more detailed testimony by Jim Albertini on the Pohakuloa EIS see https://malu-aina.org/?p=10069 Also See the 11-minute video — How the Army Got to Bomb Hawaii For $1 https://youtu.be/-nsn4Sxy8r8 Pohakuloa 14 min. video “Now that you Know, Do You Care?” https://vimeo.com/94598875 Also the video of Dr. Lorrin Pang, M.D., public health officer, retired 24 years in the Army Medical Corps and listed in the Who’s Who (top 3%) of America’s Best Doctors explaining the health dangers of inhaling DU oxide dust particles https://vimeo.com/19153948. Also read – A Brief History Of US Military Poisoning Of Hawai’i – PopularResistance.Org
June 7, 2024, Public Comment Deadline for Haleakala Telescopes. Email amosstareis@tetratech.com or send via U.S. Mail: AMOS STAR EIS c/o Tetra Tech, 1230 Colombia St., Suite 1000, San Diego, CA 92101. The project’s website is at amosstareis.com.
See the article in Maui Now on AF telescopes https://mauinow.com/2024/04/29/air-force-proposes-facility-
Read more about Military Special Ops here https://malu-aina.org/?p=10115
Aloha ‘Aina! De-Militarize & De-Occupy Hawaii Now!
Restore the Independent Nation of Hawai’i!
Stop the US/Israel Genocide in Gaza!
Stop the US Provoking Global War with Russia & China!
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| Subject: | Fwd: I support Jan. 5, 2023 appeal of May Liliuokalani Ross for an investigation |
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| Date: | Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:07:10 -1000 |
| From: | Jim Albertini <ja@malu-aina.org> |
| To: | mitch.roth@hawaiicounty.gov <mitch.roth@hawaiicounty.gov>, heather.kimball@hawaiicounty.gov, Tim Hansen <tim.hansen@ymail.com>, Rep. David Tarnas <reptarnas@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, Rob Perez <rperez@staradvertiser.com> |
FYI Please take action on this. Mahalo. Government links to required Special Ops posts of 2019 have been deleted so the public can no longer read the information.
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| Subject: | I support Jan. 5, 2023 appeal of May Liliuokalani Ross for an investigation |
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| Date: | Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:02:36 -1000 |
| From: | Jim Albertini <ja@malu-aina.org> |
| To: | Jim Albertini <ja@malu-aina.org> |
Aloha Senator Brian Schatz and caseworkers Jan. 23, 2023
I support the Jan. 5, 2023 appeal of May Liliuokalani Ross from her Hawaiian Homestead in Waimea Hawai. (see attached appeal)
Ref: 2-Military Osprey helicopters and a small aircraft/drone
Impact private rural zone Hawaiian Homes Trust Lands
at treacherously low elevations.
Ref #2022-121011
I knew May Liliuokalani Ross’s mother and dad from 50 years ago on Oahu. They were a wonderful dedicated family and I hope you will move swiftly to carry out the investigation requested.
Based on the research I have done over the years on the military presence in Hawaii, I suspect the action described was a “Military Special Op.” See below information from 2019.
Mahalo for your prompt action on behalf of May Liliuokalani Ross.
Jim Albertini, president of Malu ‘Aina
-- Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
Below is info about these military Special Ops taking place OFF military bases on all islands by air, land, and sea. (The map in blue shows they put a big rectangle around all of Oahu and their near shore waters. The map on the Big Island did not included Special Ops planned for Mauna Kea Park.) I include a link in the press release to the Special Op that had been planed for Mauna Kea Park that we got cancelled, but Special Ops are likely going on all islands. The key issue you raised is the important one. The military controls so much land. Why are they not training on, and in the air above their bases. When I tried to raise this same issue several years ago, I got no response from county, state, or federal officials. Only the Mauna Kea Park one got cancelled because we raised a lot of hell, but who knows, they may be doing it again covertly. See below press release from Jan. 2019
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Sat. Jan. 19, 2019
Re: State DLNR Needs to Stop Military Special Ops Training on Hawaii Public Shorelines, Parks, etc.
further contact:
Jim Albertini, president Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawaii 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 email ja@malu-aina.org visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org sign up on our website to automatically receive our posts
Hundreds of military training missions are planned per year in public areas involving groups up to 46 people, with each training lasting between 4 and 96 hours. And this is why they want to do the training —
Today, the US empire has 95% of the world’s foreign military bases, with personnel in more than 160 countries, many personnel conducting “Special Ops — covert unconventional warfare with drones and assassination teams to maintain US economic global domination. See http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50951.htm
The late author William Blum said: “American people are very much like the children of a Mafia boss who do not know what their father does for a living, and don’t want to know, but then wonder why someone just threw a firebomb through the living room window.”
Statement by Jim Albertini
“The Hawai’i State Department of Land & Natural Resources (DLNR) appears asleep. The DLNR needs to stand up and act to protect public resources by stopping military Special Ops training on Hawai’i public shorelines, parks, etc. in public areas OUTSIDE of military bases on all islands These Special Ops, including covert surveillance and assassination training involve the Navy, Army, Marines, and Air Force. Covert military Special Ops are a rapidly increasing part of US military policy worldwide. This massive Military intrusion into our coastal nearshore waters, public shorelines and public spaces will irreversibly damage natural and cultural resources. These marine environments are crucial to sustaining Native Hawaiian cultural practices, fragile ecosystems supporting diverse species and fishing grounds used for generations.
“Hawai’i is already one of the most militarized places on the planet with over 100 military installations including nearly 25% of the island of Oahu and now the military wants to expand its warfare operations into coastal nearshore waters, shorelines, beaches, public parks, and inland non-federal land locations. These crown and government lands and waters fall within the claimed jurisdiction of the State and belong to the public trust. Therefore, DLNR has a responsibility to ensure the safe and responsible use of Hawai’i’s natural resources. Many of the DLNR officials in charge of protecting Hawai’i’s natural resources that I’ve talked to were completely unaware of these planned military Special Ops and showed little or no interest in standing up to this military.
“A Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared to supposedly analyze the potential impacts of the Special Ops. See it here Environmental Assessment Open for Public Review It made a Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI). THE FINDING IS A LIE! The deadline for public comments on the Draft EA was Jan. 7, 2019. Who is the military kidding? The Draft EA said there are hundreds of proposed trainings planned per year involving groups up to 46 people, with each training lasting between 4 and 96 hours. The training may involve air and submarine drones, boats, helicopters, etc. The Special Ops EA has three action options: a preferred option for Special Ops training, a 2nd modestly scaled down version option, and instead of a NO Action third option, it notes continued Special Ops training as currently taking place without explaining where, how many, and the kinds of ongoing Special Ops training.”
“A specific point to invalidate the Draft EA and require a full EIS is that the draft EA is incomplete and does not cover all the Special Ops that have been planned. I will cite one specific case below involving armed Navy Special Ops planned for Mauna Kea Recreation Area and the slopes of Mauna Kea that was not included in the Draft EA Special Ops. Given this fact, there is reason to believe there may be additional Special Ops also planned for other areas that were also not included in the draft EA Special Ops. Here is the link for the Navy Special Op planned for Mauna Kea Recreational Area. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BctJ9aw2rcJJQG3YNsM9SrqRGqWBnfiV/view?usp=sharing This Mauna Kea Park Special Op according to press reports of Nov. 28, 2018 (Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today front page articles) was cancelled due to community opposition. But this was done after the Draft EA Special Ops was published.”
Here are some of the DLNR people I spoke with in person or by phone:
1. Shelly Habel, DLNR conservation & coastal lands 1-808-587-0377. When I explained my concern about the military Special Ops, Ms. Habel said “I was wasting her time.” She was completely unaware of the Military Special Ops EA and appeared not to care.
2. Gordon Heidt, DLNR Big island Land Division Manager 961-9590 was unaware of the Military Special Ops EA but read in the newspaper about Malu ‘Aina and others stopping Special Ops training at Mauna Kea park.
3. Jay Hakeyama, DLNR Forestry and wildlife Hilo office 974-4221 Unaware of Military Special Ops EA. He referred me to Aquatics Division
4. Jordan Carter, DLNR Aquatics Resources Hilo office 961, 9530 Unaware of Military Special Ops EA, but appeared concerned and referred me to DLNR director’s office, Suzane Case on Oahu 1-808-587-0400
5. DLNR Director’s office 1-808 587-0400. I called on the afternoon of 1/17/19. After I explained my concern to the person who answered the phone, I asked to speak to the director or one of her staff. I was put on hold for 15 min. and then the same person said she would pass on my concerns. When I asked the person with whom I was speaking for her name for my record, she refused to give it to me and hung up on me. All this on the very day of the 126th anniversary of the US illegal overthrow of the government of Queen Lili’uokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom with the assistance of the U.S. military.
6. Chris Yuen, BLNR Board member from the Big island 963-6966 I’ve known Chris for decades and actually spoke to him on Thanksgiving day about the Special Ops then planned for Mauna Kea park. In my phone call with Chris on1/17/19 I told him of my experience trying to get help from DLNR pushing back to the Military Special Ops without success or even knowledge by many DLNR people of the military special ops plans. I gave him a link to my post on malu-aina.org website http://malu-aina.org/?p=5820 for further info on the Military Special Ops and he said he would look into it.
7. Sam Lemmo, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands Administrator 1-808-587-0377. I emailed him a copy of my testimony to the Navy EA. I called on 1/17/19 and asked his secretary for Sam to return my call. Sam returned my call and left a brief message on Friday, Jan. 18th 3:07PM when I was at the Malu ‘Aina weekly peace vigil in downtown Hilo.
Jim Albertini, President Jan. 19, 2019
Malu ‘Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown) Hawai’i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
Special Ops are taking place around the US. Here is a link to one in LA. “WTF Is Going On In Downtown LA?” : Army War Drills Continue Across Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles residents were shocked…
The silence of our Hawaii elected officials and a critical media on the military intrusion into our communities is a disgrace.
These Special Ops Military Assassination training throughout all of Hawaii (all Islands) is a massive military expansion and intrusion into our community without any county or state opposition. It’s a disgrace. (See my press release below from 2019) See post here about Hawaii Special Ops http://malu-aina.org/?p=5820
Jim Albertini
