[CPEO-MEF] PFCS, RANGES: "An analysis of PFAS at Kahuku Training Area, Makua Military Reservation, and Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area, " HI

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

An analysis of PFAS at Kahuku Training Area,  Makua Military Reservation, and Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area

By Pat Elder
Military Poisons  
January 26, 2026

On August 3, 2025, the U.S. Army signed a legally binding Record of Decision governing the future of its leased training lands on Oʻahu. Under the decision, the Army announced it will relinquish 4,390 acres at the Kawailoa–Poamoho Training Area and 782 acres at the Mākua Military Reservation, while retaining approximately 450 acres of the 1,150 acres currently leased at the Kahuku Training Area. In total, the Army will return 5,872 acres of state land, long used by Army units and other military entities—including the U.S. Marine Corps and the Hawaiʻi Army National Guard—marking a significant contraction of the military footprint on the island.

The legally binding Record of Decision has not been reported by the media in Hawaii.

The Army appears to be pursuing a single, integrated strategy designed to preserve what it values most while quietly shedding land that has become politically and operationally costly. Its decision not to renew leases at Mākua Military Reservation and Kawailoa–Pōamoho Training Area, combined with plans to reduce the footprint at Kahuku Training Area, reflects a deliberate consolidation rather than a genuine retreat.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/an-analysis-of-pfas-at-kahuku-training-area-nbspmakua-military-reservation-and-kawailoa-poamoho-training-area

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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