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MC2 Robert Stirrup
Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

Navy TV at Naval Station Pearl Harbor and Air Force TV at Hickam Air Force Base recently combined to become Joint Base Television (JBTV) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

The unification took place on Feb. 24, and checks off one more task that JBPHH has achieved on its way toward reaching full operational capability on Oct. 1.

JBTV will now broadcast both Navy and Air Force news from commands around the Pacific.

"Before JBTV stood up, we just had news updates about the Navy, but with having the news updates about the Air Force, viewers will now be able to receive a much wider array of news about our local Navy and Air Force communities," said Pedro Valdez, director of JBTV.

Valdez also noted that JBTV will provide more opportunities for Defense Media Activity (DMA) Hawaii's coverage of events to be viewed by service members and families.

"Along with running Naval Public Affairs Support Element West's news updates, we are now running DMA Hawaii's news updates on missions they do throughout the Pacific Rim, keeping our viewers informed on the missions our local military personnel are doing outside of Hawaii," said Valdez.

JBTV is available on Oceanic Time Warner Cable channel two, to all personnel on JBPHH, Camp Smith, Marine Forces Pacific and all Navy and Air Force bases on the island of Oahu.

JBTV currently airs the Pentagon Channel 24 hours a day and seven days a week with local updates three minutes before and after the top of every hour.