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MC2 Jay C. Pugh
Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai

The Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kauai hosted 25 members of the local native Hawaiian community on a cultural visit and oral history gathering on March 26.

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Lt. Steve Slaby
Officer in Charge, Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 303, Det Pearl Harbor

Seabees from Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 303 (CBMU 303) Det Pearl Harbor, Self Help Pearl Harbor Hawaii, Self Help Marine Corps Base Hawaii and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii / Pacific / 1NCD Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) Wardroom competed in the Seabee Olympics held recently at Quick Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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MC2 (AW) Eric J. Cutright
Navy Public Affairs Support Element West Detachment Hawaii

The Navy and the Army hosted their annual Easter sunrise service on April 4 aboard the historic Battleship Missouri Memorial on Ford Island.

More than 1,000 people attended the special service this year which celebrates christian's belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

"It's a terrific time for us to celebrate our risen savior on this great warship. It's the highlight of the Christian year because it is the resurrection of Jesus Christ," said Capt. Douglas Waite, command chaplain for Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.

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MC2 (AW) Eric J. Cutright
Navy Public Affairs Support Element West Detachment Hawaii

Rear Adm. Dixon Smith, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, signed a letter proclaiming April as Month of the Military Child and Child Abuse Prevention Month at Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) on March 29.

The proclamation signing was part of a national movement to help stop child abuse and neglect before it occurs. Last year, according to Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii, more than 5,000 children in the state were reported abused or neglected with more than 50 percent of the cases confirmed.