Ed Case: “Thank you for your efforts in my part of the world, Hawaii and the broader Pacific.”

The more you're here, the more influence you have, the more relationships you have, the more know-how you have, the more experience you have to get things done — as I did in three crises in a row.

“Native Hawaiians teach that our forests are essential to all life and embrace a deep sense of responsibility to sustain and protect all that is the wao nahele,” said Representative Case.

The IPF has fulfilled its kuleana for our own special and unique forests with deep commitment and true love for seven full decades.

We can no longer expect our service members to project 21st-century power from 20th-century infrastructure.