Addressing the fuel leakage into water on and around Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii will be a DOD-wide focus, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said this week after visiting the area. “We recognize the need to continue to care for all affected personnel and their families and help them return to their homes in a safe and expeditious manner,” Hicks said, according to Navy Times. “Even though the Navy is leading our efforts, solving this problem will require all of us in DOD and across the services to be rowing in the same direction.”…

A federal judge has ruled that the Navy made errors in its environmental impact study before increasing its Growler fleet at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington from 82 to 118 jets, AP reported. The state’s attorney general and the nonprofit Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve want to force the Navy to study it further.

DOD photo of Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks in Oahu, Hawaii by Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase