JACOB WOITZEL* US Navy and Marshallese medical personnel delivered a joint effort to eliminate tuberculosis in Aur Atoll during the Pacific Partnership visit earlier this month. “Together, with our Marshallese partners, we are testing all residents of Aur for tuberculosis, and also starting treatment for those who tested positive,” said Lt. Hoel Rupert David, officer […]
Don’t get your hopes up about a quick fix for the damaged ECC gym in Delap. One local contractor says US Navy involvement is not only not helping to move the project forward, but will increase the cost to local contractors who attempt to win a contract to do the renovation work. The US and […]
Jefferson Bobo, a young man from the island of Ebeye, is thriving in his new career in the US Navy, which follows a couple years of working at the Ministry of Public Works after he became the first Marshall Islander to graduate from the US Coast Guard Academy, with a degree in engineering. After departing […]
A year after a US Navy engineering team evaluated the ECC gymnasium in Delap, work on the project is now moving forward with plans to issue a request for proposals for new roof beams repair for the facility. Initial mobilization for the construction project is anticipated in early 2016, according to the Project Management Unit […]
