By Journal on April 29, 2021
Brenson Wase, Bruce Bilimon, Casten Nemra, David Kabua, David Paul, Dennis Momotaro, Hirata Kabua, Jeremy Bartel, Kalani Kaneko, Kenneth Kedi, Roxanne Cabral, Tony Muller, US Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll
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![President Kabua, Speaker Kedi, the entire Nitijela membership, Kwajalein Mayor Hirata Kabua and other officials joined with Col. Jeremy Bartel and US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral. Photo: Giff Johnson. Nitijela calls Bartel to honor](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bartel-4-30.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Col. Jeremy Bartel was called to honor by Nitijela Monday in what Speaker Kenneth Kedi said was an unprecedented ceremony in the chamber. Bartel flew into Majuro Monday for the ceremony in the Chamber and was joined by US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral for the event. The Nitijela session started off as usual with […]
By Journal on January 14, 2021
David Paul, Hilary Hosia, Hirata Kabua, Jeremy Bartel, Joe Bejang
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![A medical evacuation by Army helicopter of two pregnant women, an elderly man and a child from Lib Island Lib calls, Army responds](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sp-lep-1-15.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON A medical evacuation by Army helicopter of two pregnant women, an elderly man and a child from Lib Island this past Sunday was hailed as “extraordinary” by a Kwajalein member of Nitijela. “On a moment notice, a humanitarian and selfless act by Colonel Jeremy Bartel and his team saved six lives by dispatching […]
By Journal on November 5, 2020
Hilary Hosia, Jeremy Bartel, Steve Kass
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![USAG-KA Commander Jeremy Bartel (left) and Kwajalein Hospital Administrator Steve Kass gave a tour of isolation and quarantine facilities to a Nitijela delegation this past summer. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Kwaj system did its job](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/US-covid-11-6.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Kwajalein officials said the quarantine process at the Army base is working exactly as it is supposed to. In response to questions from the Journal, the US Army Garrison — Kwajalein Atoll (USAG-KA) command confirmed that from last week’s repatriated personnel going into quarantine here, two tested positive for Covid-19. “They have no signs or […]
By Journal on August 20, 2020
Eve Burns, IOM, Jeremy Bartel, Wilbur Heine
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![Majuro held a Covid-19 “live” exercise August 14. The exercise was to get an idea of how authorities would respond if Marshall Islands were to get a positive case. Live Covid drill hits Majuro](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/covid-1.gif?resize=555%2C280&ssl=1)
This was a learning moment for hospital staff, IOM, airport staff, bus drivers, police, National Disaster Management Office, and everyone else involved. This exercise started off at the airport, where in the scenario, there were hospital staff testing people who just arrived on Majuro. Nurses practiced how to ask the questions, getting samples into the […]
By Journal on August 6, 2020
David Paul, Hilary Hosia, Hirata Kabua, James Mike Brantley, Jeremy Bartel, Joe Rubon, Kino Kabua, Ladie Jack, Lanny Kabua, Rachel Hickman, Roxanne Cabral
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![Immediately after his release from 21-day quarantine following a final negative Covid-19 test, USAG-KA employee Joe Rubon (center) met with, from left: Col. Jeremy Bartel, Kwajalein Member of Parliament (MP) David Paul, US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral, Rubon, Kwajalein Mayor Hirata Kabua, RMI Liaison Lanny Kabua and Rachel Hickman, Reagan Test Site Deputy Range Director. Photo: Hilary Hosia. USAG-KA hosts first RMI returnees](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Repat-Joe.gif?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA The first Marshallese to re-enter RMI during the lockdown was released Tuesday to the general public following 21 days of strict quarantine at the US Army Garrison – Kwajalein Atoll. Immediately after his release, longtime USAG-KA employee Joe Rubon met with US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral, Col. Jeremy Bartel, Kwajalein Mayor Hirata Kabua, Kwajalein […]
By Journal on July 23, 2020
AKIA CAFE, Bruce Bilimon, Carson Sigrah, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Hirata Kabua, Jeremy Bartel, Joe Bejang, Junior Aini, Kalani Kaneko, Kitlang kabua, Peterson JIbas, Reginald White, RRE, Tony Aisaia, USAG-KA
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![US Army Garrison, Kwajalein Atoll Commander Col. Jeremy Bartel (top left) hosted the Nitijela Health, Education and Social Affairs Committee for a tour of Covid-19 quarantine and isolation facilities on Kwajalein earlier this month. At the table, facing Bartel are, from top: Member of Parliament (MP) Tony Aisaia of Namu, Chairman MP Kalani Kaneko, Vice Speaker Peterson Jibas, MP Joe Bejang of Lib, Foreign Affairs representative Junior Aini, and Education Minister Kitlang Kabua. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Close call on Covid](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/USAG-KA.gif?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON The US Army Garrison, Kwajalein Atoll had its first long-distance brush with coronavirus when one of the 15 base workers scheduled to return this week tested positive for Covid-19 in Honolulu prior to departing for Kwajalein. Contract tracing by Army authorities identified three others in the intending repatriation group to have had contact […]
By Journal on June 18, 2020
Connielynn Paul, Godfrey Capelle, Hilary Hosia, Hirata Kabua, Jeremy Bartel, Junior Jarom, Thomas Benjamin
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![Kwajalein Mayor Hirata Kabua (left) and USAG-KA Commander Col. Jeremy Bartel (right) joined Godfrey Capelle, Thomas Benjamin and Connielynn Paul after they completed a 14-day Covid-19 quarantine at the Army base recently. They are pictured at RMI Office on Kwajalein. Photo: Hilary Hosia. The 42-day ocean drift](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/EbeyeFM-6-19.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA Their ocean saga started from the largest coral atoll in the world and ended at the world’s smallest. Kwajalein fishermen Godfrey Capelle, Benjamin Thomas and Junior Joram called for help on the phone when their outboard engine died midway through their fishing trip on April 2. The rough ocean condition that day made […]
By Journal on June 4, 2020
Abon Jeadrik, Calvin Juda, Glorine Jeadrik, Hilary Hosia, Hirata Kabua, Jack Akeang, Jeban Riklon, Jeremy Bartel, Jesse Riketa, Lanny Kabua, Marcella Sakaio, Patrick Korok, Roxanne Cabral, Sandra Korok
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![The Ebeye community turned out in force June 1 to hear USAG-KA Commander Colonel Jeremy Bartel (with microphone), US Ambassador Roxanne Cabral and Kwajalein leaders. Pictured with Bartel and Cabral is Irooj Lanny Kabua, right, and Kwajalein Mayor Hirata Kabua, left. Photo: Hilary Hosia. USAG-KA to bring in workers](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ebeyeUSAG-6-5.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA US Army Garrison – Kwajalein Atoll Commander Colonel Jeremy Bartel left a three-hour meeting on Ebeye June 1 with a smile on his face. The reason for the smile: Ebeye community members gave their approval for the Army to bring in six personnel to work at the Army installation. The six personnel, five […]
By Journal on June 4, 2020
Benjamin Thomas, Connielynn Paul, Giff Johnson, Godfrey Capelle, Hilary Hosia, Jeremy Bartel, Kino Kabua, MOHHS, Namoluk Atoll, NDC, USAG-KA
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![A USAG-KA official outfitted in full body personal protection equipment stands with three Marshallese who returned to Kwajalein from Pohnpei May 28: Godfrey Capelle, Benjamin Thomas and Connielynn Paul. They are standing outside housing that they are using for a 14-day quarantine period before they can return to Ebeye. Capelle and Thomas were lost at sea for 42 days until they drifted into Namoluk Atoll in the FSM May 14. Photo: Hilary Hosia. RMI to open the door](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/COVIDretrn-6-5.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Following last week’s repatriation of nine Marshallese from the FSM, the RMI National Disaster Committee (NDC) is expected to start considering arrangements, including protocols, for RMI citizens stranded in Covid-19 affected countries to return home. Part of this major decision to eventually allow RMI citizens back home will be contingent upon the completion of […]
By Journal on May 28, 2020
Bruce Bilimon, Hilary Hosia, Jeremy Bartel, Mike Kabua
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![Health Minister Bruce Bilimon, right, with Kwajalein Iroojlaplap and Member of Nitijela Mike Kabua and Kwajalein Army base commander Col. Jeremy Bartel during a meeting on Ebeye May 25. Photo: Hilary Hosia. Bruce: Planning for people to return](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/USAGKA-5-29.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
HILARY HOSIA It looks like the Marshall Islands government will follow the Federated States of Micronesia and begin allowing stranded citizens living abroad to return home. The FSM government has indicated it is considering plans for a phased return of of its citizens over a period of months. The development for RMI was shared by […]