DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM
The USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier arrived yesterday in Pearl Harbor to take part in this month's RIMPAC military exercises. Sailors lined the entire aircraft carrier's deck, standing at attention as they passed the Arizona Memorial.

FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM
A ceremony yesterday at the University of Hawaii marked the establishment of the nation's first Center for Okinawan Studies. Opening the ceremony, Cheryl Nakasone performed "Kajadifuu," a classical Okinawan music and dance performance.

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A series of south swells generating small to moderate surf along southern shores is forecast for the rest of the week into the Fourth of July weekend. Here, a bodyboarder rode a wave yesterday at the Wall in Waikiki.