Marine Corps Base Hawaii

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Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), formerly Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City & County of Honolulu. Marine Corps Base Hawaii is home to Marines, Sailors, their family members, and civilian employees. The United States Marine Corps operates a Script error: No such module "convert". runway at the base.[1]

MCBH is home for the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, Marine Aircraft Group 24, Combat Logistics Company 33 (CLC-33), 3rd Radio Battalion, and the Navy's Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2.Template:Not verified in body

The base lies between the two largest windward O'ahu communities of Kailua and Kāne'ohe, and the main gate is reached at the eastern end of Interstate H-3. The main access to the base is by either H-3 or Mokapu Road. MCB Hawaii is located on the windward side of Oahu, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Honolulu. Marine Corps Base Hawaii occupies the entire Mokapu Peninsula, an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. Two areas of the base are classified as conservation land, including the Ulupaʻu Crater area (northeast peninsula) and the Nu'upia Pond area (at the Mokapu Road).Template:Not verified in body

History

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Old MCAS Kaneohe Bay insignia.

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In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson designated Script error: No such module "convert". of land on Mokapu Peninsula as the U.S. Army's Kuwaaohe Military Reservation. In December 1940, Fort Kuwaahoe was renamed Fort Hase, in honor of Major General William Frederick Hase, who served as Chief of Staff for the Army's Hawaiian Department from April 1934 to January 1935.[2]

In 1927 the Army began building coastal artillery batteries. In September 1939, the Navy began constructing a seaplane base, filling in part of Kaneohe Bay to add 280 acres to the station and building runways, hangers and other buildings. Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay was officially commissioned on February 15, 1941, with a flag raising and formal commissioning ceremony[2] and its role was expanded to include the administration of the Kaneohe Bay Naval Defense Sea Area.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Aerial photograph of Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay two days after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

On 7 December 1941, Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay was attacked approximately 9 minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The gunners there shot down 3 airplanes, two went into Kaneohe Bay while another one crashed into the base of Radar Hill. The crash site has a memorial to the pilot who died. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Post World War II

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Royal Canadian Air Force and Korean Navy P-3s on the flightline at the base.

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In 1951, the Marines assumed control of the air station activities when naval aviation moved to Barbers Point Naval Air Station. On 15 January 1952, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay was commissioned. On 15 April 1994, the Marine Corps consolidated all of its installations in Hawaii. MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Camp H. M. Smith, Molokai Training Support Facility, Manana Family Housing Area, Puuloa Range, and the Pearl City Warehouse Annex combined to form a new command, the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, headquartered at MCBH Kaneohe Bay.Template:Citation needed paragraph

All U.S. military units located in Hawaii fall under the command of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) which is headquartered at Camp H. M. Smith on Oahu. The Commanding General of Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) also commands 12 Marine Corps bases and stations in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Japan, operational forces in Hawaii and Okinawa Prefecture, and units deployed to Southeast/west Asia.Template:Citation needed paragraph

In 2010, parts of the movie Battleship were filmed aboard MCBH.[3]

Incidents

On 20 November 2023, a P-8A Poseidon of the US Navy approached to land on Runway 22 in rain and reduced visibility. It was unable to stop and overshot the runway, ending in Kāneʻohe Bay. The crew of 9 was rescued by US Coast Guard boats. The plane was from Patrol Squadron 4 ("Skinny Dragons") based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state.[4]

Geography

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Marine Corps Base Hawaii seen from the International Space Station, 2022

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Demographics

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For census purposes, the area is demarcated as the Kāneʻohe Base census-designated place (CDP), with a population at the 2020 Census of 9,483.[5] The CDP was formerly known as Kāneʻohe Station.[6]

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Historical population
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U.S. Decennial Census[7]
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listed as Kaneohe Station in 2010

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2020 census

Kāneʻohe Base CDP, Hawaii - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[6] Pop 2020[5] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 6,008 5,587 63.13% 58.92%
Black or African American alone (NH) 628 621 6.60% 6.55%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 80 22 0.84% 0.23%
Asian alone (NH) 347 293 3.65% 3.09%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 66 89 0.69% 0.94%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 21 98 0.22% 1.03%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 477 389 5.01% 4.10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,890 2,384 19.86% 25.14%
Total 9,517 9,483 100.00% 100.00%

2000 Census

As of the 2000 census, there were 11,827 people, 2,332 households, and 2,283 families residing on the base. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 2,388 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the base was 66.6% White, 12.1% African American, 1.1% Native American, 5.3% Asian, 1.2% Pacific Islander, 7.6% from other races, and 6.1% from two or more races. 14.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. For every 100 women, there were 202.6 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 258.8 men. The median income for a household on the base was $34,757.[8]

Education

The Hawaii Department of Education operates Mokapu Elementary School on the MCBH property which goes from kindergarten to 6th grade. since 2020Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". its enrollment was about 900.[9]

Renewable energy and "green" initiatives

Since 2004, MCBH has partnered with Ocean Power Technologies to test the generation of electric power from ocean waves using a "PowerBuoy" wave energy converter, one of the first wave power projects in the U.S.[10]

The Azura wave power device is currently being tested in a 30-meter site at the base.[11]

Marine Corps Base Hawaii, under commanding officer Col. Robert Rice, installed solar water heaters on all base housing units, and on 8 December 2010, was scheduled to debut a "Net Zero" sustainable energy home, which uses solar power. The base fleet of government vehicles is also being changed over to hybrid and electric vehicles and most other "FlexFuel" vehicles now operate on E85 ethanol-based fuel. MCB Hawaii installed the first E85 pump in the state of Hawaii in November 2010, the first U.S. military installation in the world to do so.Template:Citation needed paragraph

See also

References

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