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NAVFAC Hawaii awards $995M for waterfront projects
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, or NAVFAC, Hawaii recently awarded six businesses a combined $995 million in contracts in Hawaii and Wake Island.
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Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Awards Major Contract to Local JV
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard awards $2.8 Billion contract to Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV to replace Dry Dock 3.
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DoD Awards $6 Million grant to HIDOE
The Department of Defense has awarded three grants to Hawaii piblic schools to support STEM education in three different school districts that have a heavy military dependent enrollment.
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Joint Task Force 5-0 Stood-up to respond to Maui Wildfire
In response to the Maui Wildfire that destroyed Lahaina, the military has stood up a joint taskforce to enable a quick response to meet the needs of the island’s recovery.
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Red Hill Defueling Status
Joint Task Force Red Hill has crated a website to monitor the status of defueling: