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Lock, Load And Pray

A Special Report in the Pacific Magazine On Micronesian Soldiers In The United States Army  More

CNMI Representative Tenorio, Guam Governor Camacho, Congresswoman Bordallo, DOI Secretary Kempthorne Credit: Joseph Duenas, Office of Congresswoman Bordallo

Secretary Kempthorne, Island Leaders Commemorate World War II Battle for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo of Guam and Resident Representative Pedro A. Tenorio of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana commemorated the historic World War II battles that liberated Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetary.

The wreath laying ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of the Liberation of Guam and the Battle for the Northern Marianas was held at the Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns at 8 a.m. today. The ceremony is a tribute to the Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen who fought in the War in the Pacific and the people of Guam who endured wartime occupation.   More

Karat Gold – The Life Saving Banana of Pohnpei

Karat banana comparison to regular eating banana. Karat banana (centre right, and far right) is high in beta-carotene and provitamin A carotenoids. [Credit: IFCP]

New Agriculturist Development Journal (May 2008) - The Micronesian island of Pohnpei is facing a public health time bomb as rates of vitamin A deficiency, cancer and heart disease have increased rapidly in the last three decades. Now, more than half of children on this Pacific island under the age of five suffer from vitamin A deficiency and one-fifth of adults have diabetes. But help may be very close at hand, in the form of 'Karat' (Musa spp), a Fe'i banana of the Australimusa series.   More

Going Local

By Dr Lois Englberger and Adelino Lorens
(Island Food Community of Pohnpei)

July 2008 - Using television, radio, the web and printed publications, a project in the Pacific island of Pohnpei restores interest in traditional crops and promotes healthy local food.   More

The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of The United States And Pacific Freely Associated States: July 2008

Courtesy of www.coralreef.gov

Courtesy of www.coralreef.gov

PIDP (July 2008) - The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008 represents the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ongoing effort to assess the condition of the nation’s shallow water coral reef ecosystems based on quantitative results of assessment and monitoring activities conducted by federal, state, territory, commonwealth, non-governmental, private and academic partners. The 2008 report, which is the third in a series 1 , was produced in collaboration with teams of experts that authored chapters on the condition of coral reef ecosystems in 15 locations or jurisdictions within the U.S. and Freely Associated States (FAS). Data and information presented in the report represents the contributions of over 270 scientists and managers working throughout the country to conserve and protect coral reef ecosystems and the organisms that depend on them. All reports are available free of charge at http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/stateofthereefs.   More

Two Guam soldiers killed, 1 seriously injured in Afghanistan

Casualties: Specialist Samson A. Mora and Sergeant Brian S. Leon Guerrero. Injured: Specialist Kalani Echang Credit: KUAM News

July 11, 2008 - As reported by DoD and KUAM News in Guam, two Guam Army National Guard members were killed in action while on deployment in Afghanistan while another Guam soldier was seriously injured. The Guam Army National Guard identified the two casualties as 34-year-old Sergeant Brian S. Leon Guerrero of Tamuning and 28-year-old Specialist Samson A. Mora from Dededo. The two died on July 10 from injuries sustained after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Babo Kheyl, Afghanistan. The third Guard member, 25-year-old Specialist Kalani Echang from Mangilao, was seriously injured from the incident. All three soldiers were assigned to the 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, Barrigada, Guam.  More

Territory mourns LtCol Max Galea'i 'best of the best'

Lieutenant Colonel Max A.Galeai

July 10, 2008 - Lt. Col. Max A. Galea'i, the highest ranking Samoan military serviceman to lose his life in the war in Iraq, will be laid to rest today at his home in Leone village.

Galea'i, 42, who served more than two decades in the U.S. Marines, returned home yesterday onboard a military aircraft, accompanied by his wife, Evelyn and their four children, Marine Lt. Col. N. Nastase and Congressman Faleomavaega Eni.
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