Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021Īll tour operations to the USS Arizona Memorial also were suspended during the lockdown. Guests at both the USS Missouri Memorial and the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum on Ford Island sheltered in place as well. Armed guard stands with assault rifle at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Makalapa Gate during a base lockdown. The announcement of the lockdown also caused confusion for some base residents and community members because it coincided with the start of a pre-planned annual counterterrorism exercise called “Citadel Protect”– which is scheduled to run until June 17. when base occupants were ordered to “shelter in place” and limit traffic due to a “potential security incident,” causing vehicles to be backed up in the industrial area on the western edge of Honolulu.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam implemented a nearly three-hour lockdown Tuesday due to a suspected bomb threat, but the gates were reopened after security personnel swept the installation and found no explosives, officials said.
