  {"id":226269,"date":"2025-12-02T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=226269"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:53:39","slug":"igsa-9th-mission-support-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/02\/igsa-9th-mission-support-command\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> expands environmental stewardship support in Pacific with U.S. Army Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_226274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226274\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter.jpg\" alt=\"two people signing a support agreement\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>Brig<\/abbr>. <abbr>Gen<\/abbr>. Katherine A. Trombley, commander 9th Mission Support Command, and <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation Chad B. Walton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and the U.S. Army Reserve\u2019s 9th Mission Support Command (9th <abbr>MSC<\/abbr>) have entered into a new Intergovernmental Support Agreement (<abbr>IGSA<\/abbr>) to advance environmental stewardship, conservation and regulatory compliance at Army Reserve facilities throughout the Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-group-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people standing and sitting holding up a new agreement\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-226275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-group-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-group-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-group.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is excited to further expand our environmental stewardship role through this agreement with the U.S. Army Reserve\u2019s 9th <abbr>MSC<\/abbr>,&rdquo; said <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation Chad Walton. &ldquo;We are extremely proud to have been selected as a trusted partner in support of the Army Reserve\u2019s mission in <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and the Pacific through our expertise in environmental sciences and stewardship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The agreement, signed at Fort Shafter on December 1, establishes a collaborative framework for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> experts to provide environmental compliance, conservation and pollution prevention support to the 9th <abbr>MSC<\/abbr>, ensuring alignment with Department of Defense (<abbr>DOD<\/abbr>), federal, state, territorial and local environmental requirements.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This partnership underscores UH\u2019s commitment to applying its expertise in service to our community and environment,&rdquo; said Suzanne Case, director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/uhconservation\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Office of Land and Ocean Conservation Futures<\/a>, which is overseeing the <abbr>IGSA<\/abbr>. &ldquo;By working alongside the Army Reserve, we are helping to safeguard our environment in <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and the Pacific, while supporting mission readiness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226277\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-intro-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two people sitting and one person standing\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-226277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-intro-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-intro-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter-intro.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>Lt<\/abbr>. <abbr>Col<\/abbr>. Laura C. Bellot, director, Department of Public Works 9th <abbr>MSC<\/abbr>, <abbr>Brig<\/abbr>. <abbr>Gen<\/abbr>. Trombley, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation Chad Walton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new agreement reflects a growing model of military-academic partnerships, where institutions of higher education provide specialized expertise to strengthen <abbr>DOD<\/abbr> operations while creating new applied learning and workforce opportunities for students and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our partnership with the University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> strengthens our shared mission to preserve <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s environment and serve the community,&rdquo; said <abbr title=\"Brigadier\">Brig<\/abbr>. <abbr title=\"General\">Gen<\/abbr>. Katherine A. Trombley, commanding general of the 9th Mission Support Command.<\/p>\n<p>The 9th Mission Support Command is America\u2019s Army Reserve of the Pacific. Under the operational control of U.S. Army Pacific Command, it provides trained and ready forces to overseas contingency operations. The command has 3,500 soldiers and 160 civilians located in three different countries, three states, three American territories and seven time zones throughout the Pacific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agreement was signed at Fort Shafter on December 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":226274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[665,662,1467,1363,1314,73,947],"class_list":["post-226269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-manoa-research","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/system-ovpri-igsa-signing-ft-shafter.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226290,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226269\/revisions\/226290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}