Home Care In Pearl Harbor, HI

December 11, 2025 — The Clovis Young Marines joined youth units from across the nation last week in Hawaii to take part in ceremonies marking the 84th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The organization, which serves boys and girls from age eight through high school, emphasizes leadership, discipline, and a drug-free lifestyle.

The trip offered the Clovis participants an opportunity to step beyond their usual training and experience the historic sites of Oahu firsthand. Program leaders described the visit as a defining experience meant to deepen the youths’ understanding of military history and service.

Throughout the week, the Clovis Young Marines took part in several commemorative activities. The group assisted with a beach clean-up at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl. They also joined the Klipper Ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and marched in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu.

This year’s parade held particular significance for all attending Young Marines units, who were selected to lead the procession. The youth carried banners representing the 12 capital ships attacked on December 7, 1941, performed color guard duties, and supported the operation of floats throughout the event. The parade’s purpose was to honor the heroes and survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, recognize active-duty military members and veterans, and preserve the memory of the events of 1941.

Young Marine units from 14 states, Washington, D.C., and Hawaii were represented. Each unit raised its own travel funds through local efforts, encouraging members to practice teamwork, leadership, and self-discipline to make the trip possible.

Founded in 1959, the Young Marines program has expanded from a small local unit to more than 200 units worldwide. The organization now includes more than 5,000 youth and nearly 2,000 adult volunteers.

More information about the Young Marines can be found at YoungMarines.org.

The USS Nimitz arrived in Hawaii on Saturday, returning to American waters for the first time since the aircraft carrier deployed from its homeport at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., in March.

On what is likely the final deployment of its 50-year Navy career, the Nimitz over the past eight months patrolled the Indo-Pacific region and was diverted for several weeks to the Arabian Sea amid heightened tensions between Israel and Iran.

As it arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Saturday, sailors “manned the rails” in dress white uniforms. They saluted as the Nimitz passed the USS Arizona Memorial, the tribute to the ship sunk on Dec. 7, 1941, that brought the U.S. into World War II. They also saluted the retired battleship USS Missouri, where the articles of Japan’s unconditional surrender in World War II were signed on Sept. 2, 1945.

“Pulling into this historic harbor reminds us of the generations of sailors who served before us, and the legacy we carry forward every day,” according to a post on the ship’s official Instagram account.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited the carrier pierside at Pearl Harbor, meeting with top officers and chatting with crew on the flight deck.

The stop at Pearl Harbor comes as salvage crews in the South China Sea continue efforts to raise an F/A-18 Super Hornet jet and an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter from the ocean floor. The aircraft crashed off the Nimitz within half an hour of each other in October. The cause of the incidents is still under investigation. The Pentagon dispatched the USNS Salvor salvage ship to attempt to lift the aircraft to the surface. The Navy did not respond Monday to requests for an update on the status of the effort.

The Nimitz has been transiting eastbound across the Pacific. It is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 11, serving from its homeport at Naval Base Kitsap just west of Seattle on the Puget Sound.

The arrival on Saturday was a homecoming for the crew of USS Wayne E. Meyer, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer homeported at Pearl Harbor.

Along with the USS Gridley, homeported at Naval Station Everett, Wash., and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, homeported at Naval Station San Diego, the Wayne E. Meyer made up the detachment of Destroyer Squadron 9 that accompanied the Nimitz on the deployment.

The Nimitz is returning with Carrier Air Wing 17, made up of four F/A-18 Hornet variant squadrons from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.; an EF-18G Growler electronic warfare squadron from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.; an E-2D Hawkeye command and control squadron; a detachment of C-2A Greyhounds — both from Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va.; and two MH-60 Sea Hawk variant helicopter squadrons from Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.

The Navy did not announce how long the Nimitz would stay at Pearl Harbor. It is scheduled to return to NB Kitsap before heading around Cape Horn of South America to Naval Station Norfolk by early May to begin a yearslong decommissioning and deactivation.

The Navy has announced plans for the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy, to homeport at NB Kitsap after its 2027 commissioning.

NB Kitsap is also the home port of the Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which began an 18-month Docking Planned Incremental Availability overhaul in March at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, part of NB Kitsap. The overhaul is scheduled to finish in late 2026.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Amid the federal government shutdown, Pearl Harbor remains open thanks to local partners, like the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, stepping up with funds to keep those operations going.

On the first day of the shutdown, hundreds of visitors lined up at Pearl Harbor to find out if the park would open.

Andrew “Homer” Ring is the executive director of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum. He recalls the confusion on that first day in October.

“It was a very interesting October,” Ring said. “It wasn’t the first government shutdown, so we started working when we saw the situation developing, but the partner sites here in Pearl Harbor, the USS Missouri, the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, and the Pacific Historic Parks, all partnered together to help pay the expenses for the National Park Service here at the at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. So collectively, each of us spent over $70,000 so far to keep this area open for visitors and for locals."

This national memorial is the most visited site on Oahu.

“A lot of people think that oh we only wanted to keep it open for the tourism aspect, but in reality it’s also keeping it open for the locals,” Ring said.

The Pearl Harbor National Memorial is open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.

“In 2021, we had a $25 million renovation and expansion, so now is a great time to come down if you’re planning a staycation, or the Veterans Day weekend, or the holidays coming up, and come see this beautiful campus that we have created here," Ring said. “It is the most visited submarine museum in the world.”

There are activities and exhibits for all ages.

“We’ve got great food here at the location, children’s areas, there’s something for everybody,” Ring said. “Anybody from the family can come down, learn a little bit of history. Maybe you’ve got a little ones interested in science or technology. We have something for everybody."

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