Retired Adm. Harry Harris, a former head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said in a speech this week that the United States should abandon its policy of “strategic ambiguity” toward Taiwan and instead declare outright whether it will or will not defend the island if attacked by China.

Vaughn P. Drake Jr., who at 106 was believed to be the oldest surviving veteran of the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Hawaii, died this week in Kentucky. His death leaves just over a dozen veterans who survived the attack known to still be living.

A Pentagon initiative to create a high-speed, interconnected military command system is lagging due to fragmented efforts and a lack of clear oversight, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Tuesday.

A Honolulu man was sentenced to 12 years in federal court Thursday for illegal drug dealing linked to the death of a Hawaii-based Marine.

The Navy plans to build treatment plants near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam that would purify the fuel-contaminated water in the Red Hill water shaft for use in its drinking water system.

Staff Sgt. Alonzo Alcantara of Cookeville, Tenn., was also charged last week with murder with the intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, manslaughter, aggravated assault and obstructing justice in the Sept. 1 death of his spouse.

Fewer service members have filed “inconvenience” complaints in recent weeks over late pickups and deliveries of household goods under a new relocation system being phased in by the Defense Department, the head of U.S. Transportation Command said Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived in Hawaii on Tuesday and met with Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. He next travels to Guam, then to the Philippines and Japan, to meet with senior U.S. and foreign military and civilian leaders.

Ken Stevens, who as a 19-year-old sailor aboard the USS Whitney saw the first bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor during the Japanese surprise attack in 1941, died this week in Powers, Ore. He was 102.

With the Army’s watercraft fleet trimmed by half in recent years and the “fully mission capable rate” for ships steadily declining, U.S. Army Pacific is attempting to tackle the shortage by maintaining and repairing vessels overseas and augmenting its fleet by leasing privately owned boats.