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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Josephine Tauoa, who has etched her name in the history books of the United States Navy as the first Samoan to be promoted to the rank of Command Master Chief, is currently on-island as part of the Navy’s Executive Engagement Visit program.
The program aims to bring...
Representing our Toa o Samoa Community, the CCCAS-Fayetteville, North Carolina, Youth and Sunday School members volunteered for the Wreaths Across America 2023 event on December 16, 2023 at Fort Liberty’s Main Post Cemetery — Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery. [courtesy photo]
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is commemorating National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, now 82 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Early on that Sunday morning, imperial Japan made a deadly surprise attack from aircraft carriers against Pearl Harbor and other sites on Oahu,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A retired Chaplain Major, Folauga Jr Tupuola, 61, of Iliili, from the U.S. Army, has returned home to American Samoa after 15 years of service, which included a knee replacement and hip replacement — so he decided to retire medically.
It’s been 5 months since he...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Agaalofa S. Tauane is embracing a significant milestone in his life through his promotion to Major in the U.S. Army.
Hailing from the village of Alofau where he is an alumnus of Fagaitua High School and American Samoa Community College ROTC program, Major Tauane's rise...
O le vaiaso ua mavae na tatala aloaia ai se nofoaga autu mo Fitafita o Amerika Samoa sa tautua ma o lo o fa’aauau pea ona tautua i totonu o vaega’au a le malo tele. O lenei nofoaga autu mo Toa o Samoa o lo o i le Pago Plaza i Pago Pago. [ata foai]
Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and First Lady Ella, both Veterans themselves, join many other Veterans and their families and supporters in an early morning WAVE in celebration of Veterans Day and those that continue to serve in the US Armed Forces to this day. Malo Toa. Malo Tau. Thank you for...
Apia, SAMOA — A young woman with Samoan roots is creating waves by being a senior geospatial engineer at the Rock Island Arsenal, a prominent military installation located in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Sergeant 1st Class, Lisa Tavai Knight, 33, holds the distinction of being the sole individual...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Change of Responsibility Ceremony between Command Sergeant Major Wylie Ramos and Command Sergeant Major Joshua J. Kazaka was held on Oct. 12, 2023 for the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 428th Field Artillery Brigade, located at Fort Sill, north of Lawton,...
Our newly promoted Toa o Samoa — SGT Andrea Faaleiua Asuao of Malaeimi, American Samoa. She is the daughter of Siu Faaleiua and Toeleiu Faaleiua. The promotion ceremony was held at Camp Humphreys, South Korea. Congratulations SGT Asuao! [courtesy photo]

![Command Master Chief Josephine Tauoa (right) with Captain Tommy Edgeworth and Navy Recruiter Nofo Alesana. She is the first Samoan to be promoted to the rank of Command Master Chief in the US Navy and is on-island as part of the Navy’s Executive Engagement Visit program, as well as the recruiting effort by Navy Talent and Acquisition Group Pacific. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau] Command Master Chief Josephine Tauoa (right) with Captain Tommy Edgeworth and Navy Recruiter Nofo Alesana](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5184.jpg?itok=x6Z12T7e)


![Retired Chaplain Major Folauga Jr Tupuola has come home. [photo: AT] Retired Chaplain Major Folauga Jr Tupuola](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/chaplin_retires_4711.jpg?itok=uHq6P4dK)
![The newly promoted U.S. Army Major, Agaalofa S. Tauane (3rd left in middle row), with his family after his recent promotion. [courtesy photo] Agaalofa S. Tauane](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/agaalofa_tauane.jpg?itok=Mgrr-qQc)


![Sergeant 1st Class, Lisa Tavai Knight [courtesy photo] Sergeant 1st Class, Lisa Tavai Knight](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sergeant_1st_class_lisa_tavai_knight_0.jpg?itok=RgZC7O5E)

