We invite you to join in our efforts to procure the best of Kona & Kau coffee donations to be sent directly to our own Hawaii based  25th Infantry Div.  2/25 SBCT and 14th Cavalry soldiers  now deployed in Taji , Iraq . We are now working to expand this effort to also try and send coffee to the Marines of 2/3 ,now deployed in al Anbar Prov. ,Iraq

From coffee cherry in the coffee fields of mauka Kona to the grateful hands of our faithful Warriors ‘over there ‘ This is our goal.

Let’s give them a big Mahalo!

These are the same great men and women that Gathering of Eagles - Hawaii had the great honor of greeting as they passed us
on the Saddle Rd. on the Big Island back in June .
Right now , they are putting to use all their high quality training received here in Hawaii  in Salahuddin Prov. Iraq . Many Big Island residents join Senator Daniel Inouye in wishing 2/25 SBCT all the best! And we look forward to their return here next year ,when we shall greet their training deployments with much Aloha! We are grateful to and proud of these heroes and supportive of their mission. Well Done! Until then, stay safe! 

I have been thinking about this idea of Fridays being the day to wear RED
in an effort to show support for our Troops in the field of battle in the Global War on Terror.
I have been doing this for about a year now , but lately I have felt that something more is necessary 

I stand with the longsuffering people of Tibet

I condemn the PRC 

Boycott 2008 Olympics in Beijing

One of the worlds most advanced and quietest aircraft
     

Stryker Brigade will be based in Hawaii

The Army today announced it had formalized its decision to permanently station the Stryker brigade in Hawai’i, officials said. 

“Nothing means more
to those in harm’s way than the knowledge that their country appreciates their sacrifices and
those of their families.
Indeed, all Americans should take great pride in the men and women serving our Nation in Iraq
and in the courage, determination, resilience, and initiative they demonstrate each and every day.”

” One day people will look back at this moment in history and say “Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve,because they laid the foundations for peace for generations to come”

“ I have vowed in the past , and I again vow that so  long as I am President ,to make sure that those lives were not lost in vain . That , in fact , there IS an outcome that will merit the sacrifice.”

George W. Bush - March 24th , 2008

Aloha! and Happy Easter !
It was the supreme privilage of the Hawaii Chapter of Gathering of Eagles to be invited to spend (pre) Easter with the United States Marines Corps here on Hawai’i Island at the Pohakuloa Training Area .