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Jan 10, 2011

(From left to right) Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Chaves, deputy commanding general for the Army National Guard, U.S. Army, Pacific, and Brig. Gen. John J. Broadmeadow, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific’s deputy commander, observe Daniel Akaka, a Kahu (keeper of Hawaiian culture,) as he performs a Hawaiian purification ceremony known as the Pikai Jan. 10 at the Pohakuloa Training Area during the Cooper Airfield ribbon cutting ceremony. ::r::::n::The new airfield, intended for training exercises utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles, is the first of many MarForPac and USARPAC collaborations aimed at improving the training facility.

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