Marine Corps Base Hawaii
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Marine Corps Base Hawaii | |
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Mokapu Peninsula, Oahu, Hawaiʻi | |
Coordinates | 21°26′37″N 157°44′56″W / 21.443611°N 157.748889°W |
Type | Military base |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Marine Corps |
Site history | |
Built | 1919 |
Built by | United States Army United States Navy |
In use |
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Battles/wars | Pacific War |
Events | Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2 (US Navy) |
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 7,800-foot (2,400 m) runway at the base.[2]
MCBH is home for the
The base lies between the two largest windward O'ahu communities of
History
In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson designated 322 acres (130 ha; 1.30 km2) of land on Mokapu Peninsula for the military. The Kuwaahoe Military Reservation, became known later, in 1942 as Fort Hase. In 1941, Army artillery units moved into the area. In 1939, the Navy constructed a small seaplane base and upon its completion,
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On 7 December 1941, Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay was attacked approximately 9 minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor.[citation needed]
Post World War II
In 1951, the Marines assumed control of the air station activities when naval aviation moved to
All U.S. military units located in Hawaii fall under the command of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (
In 2010, parts of the movie Battleship were filmed aboard MCBH.[3]
Incidents
On 20 November 2023, a
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the base has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15 km2), of which 4.4 square miles (11 km2) is land and 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), or 24.74%, is water.[This paragraph needs citation(s)]
Demographics
Kaneohe Base CDP | |
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UTC−5 (CDT) | |
GNIS feature ID | 2414064[5] |
For census purposes, the area is demarcated as the Kaneohe Base
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2000 | 11,827 | — | |
2010 | 9,517 | −19.5% | |
2020 | 9,483 | −0.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 2010[7] 2020[6] listed as Kaneohe Station in 2010 |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[7] | Pop 2020[6] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
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6,008 | 5,587 | 63.13% | 58.92% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
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628 | 621 | 6.60% | 6.55% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
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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
Education
The
Renewable energy and "green" initiatives
Since 2004, MCBH has partnered with Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. 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.[11]
The
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.[This paragraph needs citation(s)]
Incidents and accidents
In November 2023, a P8 military plane landed at the airport but it overshot the runway and went nose first in the water. [13] There were no deaths but the people on board the plane were forced to swim back to base.
See also
- U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
- 16th Coast Artillery (United States)
- List of United States Marine Corps installations
References
- ^ Commanding Officer's biography Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine on MCB Hawaii website
- ^ "PHNG Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station (Marion E Carl Field)". Airnav.com. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Marines, sailors man their 'battle' stations for upcoming movie" (Press release). Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Kaneohe Bay. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ Navy Plane Overshoots Runway and Ends Up in Ocean, but All 9 Aboard Escape Unharmed, Audrey McAvoy and Beatrice Dupuy, Associated Press/Military.com, 2023-11-21
- ^ a b "Kaneohe Base Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kaneohe Base CDP, Hawaii". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b c "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Kaneohe Station CDP, Hawaii". United States Census Bureau.
- US Census Bureau.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Home". Mokapu Elementary School. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
Mokapu Elementary [...] is the only school aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii.[...]
- ^ Ocean Power Technologies projects: Oahu
- ^ "Hawaii Demonstration Project | Azura Wave".
- ^ https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-navy-plane-overshoots-runway-bay-hawaii-military-105052174