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As RIMPAC military exercises continue in waters off our shores, The Conversation talked to Neta Crawford, the author of “The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions.”
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The Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC, exercises are scheduled to wrap up a week from Thursday. But that's just one of several noteworthy drills underway or recently completed in the Asia Pacific. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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Spare parts are not always easy to come by, whether you're in the middle of the ocean or on a battlefield. Today The Conversation looks at technology being tested during the military’s RIMPAC exercises.
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The Navy is trying out an experimental 3D printer to make spare parts during RIMPAC; A UH researcher has new insights on how to repair faulty genes
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Let the games begin. RIMPAC 2024 is getting underway in the open ocean after a week of activities to welcome visiting sailors from across the globe. The admiral in charge spoke to The Conversation as the largest multinational maritime military exercise moves into high gear.
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Twenty-nine countries and over 25,000 military personnel are coming together for the world's largest maritime military exercise. The event happens every two years in Hawaiʻi. As HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports, it will involve 40 ships, three submarines and over 150 aircraft.
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As RIMPAC 2024 approaches, various groups have called upon the U.S. military to cancel the games. The Conversation spoke with Anakbayan Hawaiʻi, a youth-based organization promoting democracy in the Philippines, about their protest to cancel the biennial exercise.
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Training exercises last week included large-scale medical emergencies brought on by a natural disaster or a military attack. Military personnel from several countries, along with a handful of civilians, participated in the one-day event. Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management Director Marc Moriguchi spoke with HPR about the event.
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International partnership and interagency mingling are both key parts of the Rim of the Pacific exercises. The locally-based cutter crews and dive teams are training global counterparts over at the U.S. Coast Guard’s District 14 Honolulu Base. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.
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Back in full force after a downsized version in 2020, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Michael Boyle said these amphibious exercises are a way of connecting and training allied nations. But ongoing tension between the military and civilians exacerbated by the Red Hill water crisis looms over the event. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.