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Walter Ozawa, director of the state Office of Veterans Affairs since 1996, has been elected as the president of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs. IN THE MILITARY
State VA director
elected president of
national associationBy Gregg K. Kakesako
Star-BulletinThe announcement was made at the 54th national convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There are about 24 million veterans in the United States, including 114,000 in Hawaii.
The cost of repairing the bow of the San Diego-based amphibious transport dock ship Denver, which collided with the oiler Yukon 180 miles west of Oahu on July 13, has been estimated at $2.9 million.
Damage to the Yukon was estimated at $3.6 million to $4.1 million, according to the Military Sealift Command, which operates the ship.
Capt. Charles Webber, skipper of the Denver, was re-assigned pending the outcome of the Navy investigation.
The USS Norfolk, an Atlantic-based submarine, was the first to receive the Navy's new quality-of-life improvement -- new spring mattresses to replace existing polyfoam ones.
The new innerspring mattresses are part of a $36 million program to boost the Navy's sagging-bed problem.
Other boats in the Atlantic Fleet, anchored at Norfolk, Va., will receive them as each boat nears deployment or as supplies become available.
A team from the Army's special Gulf War illness office will visit local installations Oct. 2-6.
The team will hold briefings at 9 a.m. and again at 6 p.m. Oct 3 at Sgt. Smith Theater at Schofield Barracks. Another briefing will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at Richardson Theater in Fort Shafter.
All briefings are open to the public.
MOVING UP
Schofield Barracks: Brig. Gen. Karl Eikenberry assumed the duties of assistant deputy commander for support for the 25th Infantry Division. Eikenberry replaced Brig. Gen. Terry Tucker, who is now deputy commander for the Armor Academy in Kentucky.
