Military leaders meet in Waikiki as land leases remain in limbo

Military leaders meet in Waikiki as land leases remain in limbo

Military leaders in Hawaii have increasingly used the islands as a training and weapons-testing ground for their troops and those of their allies as they prepare forces for a potential showdown with China in Taiwan and the South China Sea. At last week’s Association of the U.S. Army’s annual Land Forces Pacific Symposium, or LANPAC, in Waikiki, military leaders continued to make the case for continuing to use state land for that training. “Our e…