Living Around Schofield Barracks & Wheeler Army Airfield - PCS to Hawaii

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[@kimberlyjeppson2897]

Thank you for making videos that keep it real and don't just gloss over the less pleasant parts of Hawaii. I feel like you guys give honest information, showing the positive and negative aspects, which is what I want to help me make informed decisions when I move there.

[@movingtohawaii]

Hawaii is both ups and downs and we try to show as much of life here as we can 👀

[@jasonwickens0813]

1988 -1991 I was at SBH. I was 18 and stupid. I loved Hawaii. I still do. I had a blast and my dear friends still keep in touch.

[@tyjeter5880]

Brother this is one of the best information videos I’ve ever seen. Very professional and very real. I was there many years ago and you hit it right on. Proud of you, keep up the great work!

[@movingtohawaii]

Wow mahalo Ty

[@mm92117]

I'm loving all of your video content. I'm currently planning the move

[@Tr0nzoid]

Nice look at the different types of neighborhoods. When I was there in the '80s, Wahiawa nearest Schofield and into the town had that same look to it. There use to be a Pizza Hut where one of those used car dealerships is. Schofield had a golf course that got replaced with housing. None of those houses were in that gulch by Mililani. There was no Kapolei and Walmart hadn't gotten to Hawaii yet. The sugar industry was still around, and I think Kunia Road had the sugar cane fields.

[@donaldmcclary5609]

Left in 81. Schofield still had the row houses on post. We would walk by the golf course coming home from the pool. All gone now.

[@KentPetersonmoney]

It was still there when I lived there in the 90's. Also was an alpha video we would go to.

[@mattguiles6774]

I was stationed at wheeler AFS in the 80s. I remember Fridays us Air Force chilling on the dorm balcony drinking beer. Then the Army would be marching thru the base to do field exercises.😎

[@Tr0nzoid]

I remember the movie theater and the pool at Wheeler.

[@proudasiangirl576]

When "I think of Schofield...", I think of Area X! Army soldiers know what I am talking about. That's where you set up your tents for your bivouac! Was there from 92-95!

[@movingtohawaii]

OG!

[@CAPryor2010]

Was station on schofield barracks back in 2012 I miss being in Hawaii. Right down the street from Maui mikes and blazing steaks also L&L. Hope my wife get orders to come here. She’s Samoan and we both love to be back in hawaii

[@albdamned577]

Wow I use to go that scuba shop in the 90s. Schoefield has changed so much. We couldn'tget on base because there wasn't housing, the stuff being built now is incredible.

[@matthewmedina4204]

AMR was a good spot to live. Gated area down by Navy side, close to Tripler and easy commute to downtown if need be. Centrally located on the island easy to get anywhere. It's also far from Schofield but only 20 minutes from post became traffic is always going the other way.

[@hawaiibound62]

U had me at the rum distillery! Very excited to hear about that and just checked out their website! Thanks!! How are the homes using solar panels in those areas? Because I'm interested in knowing how the cloudiness ratio vs sun can inhibit solar amount it can retain?

[@Ras7685]

I was stationed at Schofield 1972-1975. The first year was really fun, the second year wasn't bad and the third year really sucked. We use to go to Wheeler to eat were they Air Force had the best food . Their was an Army beach up towards the north shore we would go to , stop by Dillingham and pick some shrooms and enjoy off time .Only so many times you can drive around an island before it's time to leave.

[@donaldmcclary5609]

Same, after a year you kind of feel confined. Confined in paradise. Was there 78 to 81

[@walterivy]

I really love this videos.

[@movingtohawaii]

Mahalo for your support, Walter

[@pmaison]

OMG !! I used to live on Lakeview Circle back in 1976! I was about 6 or 7 years old... I'm set to go back to Hawaii in June 2024 and hopefully I can visit my old apartment building.

[@1974VENTURE]

Having grown up in Wahiawa I can say that this was an honest view of there. It is a charming country town but also has a dark side.

[@movingtohawaii]

Mahalo for sharing, Bill. We try to be as real as possible to give people an idea of what each place has to offer.

[@troyez5218]

Wahiawa has a dark side, LOL! Look out for mahus!

[@sweetstkissez22]

Just got orders, this is so exciting. Thanks for the videos!!!

[@movingtohawaii]

Congrats!! Please reach out. We would love to connect. Contact info and website in the video description :)

[@prljamfan]

Great videos! Full of terrific information. Lotsa of nostalgia in this Schofield/Wahiawa vid. We used to fish Lake Wilson. Mahalo! 25th ID 90-93.

[@golfgolf7692]

I remember that surf shop from being a little kid in schoefield in 1977. They had a pizza hut and club with the play boy sign on it. Pretty cool to see. Thanks

[@movingtohawaii]

Yea in surfers coffee it says that the strip of commercial spaces there was “riddled with the sex industry” and goes on to talk about how they came in to clean it up.

[@KatzenjammerKid61]

@@movingtohawaii Thanks for the video, our family was stationed at Schofield 1976-1979. I remember Lakeview Circle very well, I had split paper route(s) on post and on Lakeview (morning Star-Bulletin, afternoon Honolulu Advertiser), Army families would tip a dollar or so, Wahiawa families would give me Lichee and mangoes (kind of funny we had a massive mango and avocado tree, but I always took them 5:40. My first paycheck job was as a delivery driver for the Pizza Hut franchise. The owner had a fleet of red Mazdas we drove all over the central valley, including all the Naval Comms bases and upper Schofield Quads! Our competition included Kim's Kitchen, they had yellow Toyotas and Magoo's Pizza "No Huhu Call Magoo's." Many of the wait staff were Aussie kids who all roomed together on the North Shore. I'll have to look up the book you mentioned. Mahalo for the memories.

[@Kakk_]

I ship to Basic in August and i got option 19 for Hawaii! 😁 thanks for the video!

[@sialiitulutu4136]

Never been to wahiawa for a long time ⌛️grew up in Nanakuli and Waianae side.

[@theroadrunnerjarhead4109]

This is a great video. Thanks for the video. It brought back a lot of memories. I grew up in the area next to kipapa elementary school in waipio. Waipio was a pineapple plantation camp of maybe 30 houses. There were pineapple fields as fas as the eye could see. Our house was about 30 yards from the pineapple field. Where the pineapples were in season and ready for harvest I could walk to the pineapple field and get a couple of big pineapples for free without getting caught. The pineapples were sweet and ono because they were ripe. I Went to leilehua intermediate and high school. My friends and I used to go to schofield barracks to watch the 25th infantry division intramural football games. The boys of my small class of 4th, 5th, and 6 graders in kipapa school went to Kunia to play their boys touch football. Kunia was just a small pineapple camp like waipio then. whitmore village, and Pomoho village outside of wahiawa going to the north shore were pineapple camps too. Wahiawa was a nice little town. The weather there was very mild and the humidity was not that high. There was a nice bakery on Kilani avenue. I enjoyed my younger years in the waipio and wahiawa area. The people were very friendly there, like family actually.

[@lavidalocariri5710]

Used to go to that red taco truck for lunch, I miss that place

[@tomh1815]

Wow, I lived on Schofield Barracks and worked on Wheeler AFB from 1982 - 85 during my second enlistment with the Army. I didn't recognize anything.

[@badtuna73]

Yay! My hometown Wahiawa. Actually, Whitmore (Whitmo) Village. Grew up there in the 60s. Whitmore really fell apart. However, I still have relatives living there.

[@An-dj1gp]

Your videos are super helpful. I am PCSing in the spring (CIV) and I’m trying to figure out where I want to live, so thanks. I will probably reach out to you soon.

[@movingtohawaii]

Glad to assist in any way possible. Feel free to call me anytime. Or you can always fill out the contact form on our website. Either way, look forward to talking to you about your goals for moving here!

[@rayshardsmith2546]

Stationed their from 2003-04 … great great times

[@akalaSHO]

I never once considered the idea of living in Wahiawa but when you said that it's the coldest part of the island and I was like, "Say no more"

[@mm92117]

Sorry about that last comment. I'm currently planning my move from San Diego to Oahu for my job. I'm pretty interested in the Wahiawa and Mililani areas. I also like seeing more about Ewa Beach

[@movingtohawaii]

Aloha Michael. Thank you for the positive feedback. We look forward to connecting with you.

[@guslevy3506]

Another nice video..thx. I’ve been thinking of moving to Hawaii a couple yrs sooner and perhaps have my daughter go to Punahou - I know, it’s easier said than done - so if you can get around to do a video of the convenient neighborhoods for Punahou (Manoa, etc.) or have suggestions, would appreciate it. Mahalo…

[@hs4a085]

Kunia!! Lived there for 3 years. Walmart right across the street lol

[@gabrielcohen4113]

I was stationed at Schofield 1988 - 1990 1Bn 14 Inf "Golden Dragons" and I have a very different memory of Wahiawa - it was inundated with crack and cocaine. and the houses behind the main street there was crazy drug spots....We didd spend a majority of our time in the field at east range the Kuhukus I LOVED the 25th and Schofield - every chance I would hop the bus at Wahiawa and jet down to Waikiki - get a cheap hotel for the weekend chill at Ft. Derussy great times miss the island alot peace to all my soldier brothers and sisters serving in the 25th

[@patrickodonnell9388]

I lived on EhoEho street in Wahiawa back in the 90s I was with the 65th Engineers 25th ID i would handout on Northshore at three tables.

[@martymaranan7191]

I had been to Walmart many times in 2008-2011.

[@martymaranan7191]

I lived in Alawai at Waikiki beach for 2 years

[@wattsnweights]

My family and I are moving to Hawaii in November. I'll be working at Tripler. We will be looking for a 4+ bedroom

[@movingtohawaii]

Let’s connect 💪🏽🤙🏽

[@llunasthi4723]

Only thing Hawaii have is nice weather, for vacation isn’t not bad decision but never want to stay, the rest is worst, traffic is bad, people selfish and like to speed up whenever u need to make a turn, the road is small and dark I meant really dark, everything expensive!

[@PDXLANDBARON]

I lived in B Quad 77-79. Wahiawa and the country was really nice. It looks like a crap hole now. Surfing, sun and very little crowds, not no more pilgrim.

[@movingtohawaii]

Where was your go-to surfing spot?

[@PDXLANDBARON]

@@movingtohawaii Mostly rights Lani, Sunset, Back door, off the wall and on a big North Haleiwa. My unit usually went to field at Haleiwa Airstrip and Dillingham and I would paddle to the breaks. Good times. Town Kaisers, 1,2,3 and the left Bowls. My last six before ETS I was a lifeguard Ft Derussy (Rec Services) I think they are gone now. We all started at Chuns!

[@barbie6695]

It looks a little dry and boring around Schofield. How's the commute from there to Tripler?

[@movingtohawaii]

Boring, yes. Not a lot to do off base. No traffic .= 25 min. Traffic = 45+

[@bill2066]

Hi Derek....would you say central Hawaii (what you saw us today). is cooler and more comfortable? Or, Same everything. I was raised in Diamond Head Kahala block from the beach.(Near Black Point) Always Hot Humid, and alot of KONA.IF I did it again? Definately up in the Ridges somewhere. More wind and a tad cooler temp wise....Agree? Disagree?

[@thebestthingthatneverhappe6729]

Kianis Guava Chicken might be the BBQ you were talking about

[@movingtohawaii]

That's the one!

[@thebestthingthatneverhappe6729]

@@movingtohawaii great mac salad too

[@philrose7716]

Great video. Is that house still available?

[@racerx3823]

You didn’t go down California st where all the the Mahu’s hang out

[@jamesmadison7551]

Pcsing from ft carson to wheeler next year.

[@movingtohawaii]

Hey James, fill out our contact form: www.coreteamhawaii.com/ to get started. Even though you're pcsing next year, it's never too early to get the ball rolling

[@mollyphilpott4734]

Hey girl - this was helpful. My partner just got stationed at Wheeler and we are trying to pick a good location to live and are interested in Kailua and Kaneohe, but are weary of traffic... any thoughts on that?

[@movingtohawaii]

Hi Molly! Traffic to and from Wheeler to the east side can actually work in your favor considering you’ll be going opposite the main flow of traffic both in the morning and afternoon. Typically, traffic flows west to east in the morning and vice versa in the afternoon. You’ll be going east to west, then north in the morning probably on a route like H3 West > H1 West > H2 North. Your route can take anywhere from 15-25 mins depending on door to door.

[@jacqulynelease]

I would love more info on Launani! I have never heard of that valley in all my Hawaii living research. Looks like the perfect place for my husband and I

[@movingtohawaii]

Hey Jacqulyne, we’re posting a video specifically on Launani later this week. Stay tuned!

[@movingtohawaii]

Aloha Jacqulyne! Let’s connect for a phone call when you’re ready. If you’re considering Launani, there may also be another area or two for you to consider.

[@jacqulynelease]

@@movingtohawaii Thank you, Derek! We won't be ready for a few years, but you already have my future business 🏝

[@garygrassler09]

I was that 18 year old! 😂😂😂😂😂. Terrible Ford Focus

[@waynewisecarver]

I met Ronald McDonald at the Wahiawa McD's. Did you know that Ronald is 6'4", and Korean? It's true 👍

[@makaylehawkes919]

Any apartment recommendations for someone PCSing to Hawaii working on Schofield?

[@movingtohawaii]

Makayle hit us up please and we’ll schedule a time to chat. Thank you for your service.

[@eljefeguapobarbon]

Kinda slummy eh? We used to call those businesses "off-limits" when I was in the Army.🤙🏼

[@TheMagicslob]

Ok I’ll bite. What’s the skinny on the house?

[@troyez5218]

I don't see any rats in your video! First thing I saw when I moved into the barracks at Schofield was a rat (our barracks in b-quad were infested)! Then when I first went to Wahiawa I saw rats running across the sidewalk in front of McDonalds. You're Coast Guard so your quarters will be better, not so much for the Army.

[@movingtohawaii]

A colleague of mine said they used to sleep in the field and while doing exercises with air forces the AF guys would go back to their hotel in a bus. 🤯

[@troyez5218]

@@movingtohawaii Not surprising. In the Army we would spend weeks living in East Range and the Kahukus, on the ground with the centipedes and cane spiders. When we came back to our unit weeks later, it would take days to scrub off all the red dirt from ourselves and our gear.

[@KatzenjammerKid61]

I was talking to my Dad on day out back of the lanai in the old wooden quarters on post and a large rat ran across the roof line. My father turned to me and said: Don't ever tell your Mother". Fast forward to my first home in Seattle, we had some little friends called "Norwegian roof rats". So yeah.

[@cinccave5459]

I hope you sold that house to someone good. I live in Royal Kunia and have for 25 years. A great family neighborhood.

[@movingtohawaii]

It wasn’t my listing it was a family member’s who is an agent. She sold it and a family ended up in it.

[@tiltingatwindmillsorhowdav2086]

From here to eternity. If you saw me there please comment

[@movingtohawaii]

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[@454Tony1]

Holy shii....I swear that same homeless dude was there when I was....04-08....LOL

[@stevene6181]

interesting accent. your "L"s have a distinct sound.

[@movingtohawaii]

Had this spacer thing in my mouth when I had braces. Messed up my L’s

[@stevene6181]

@@movingtohawaii i saw your last name and figured it was a fusion accent between english, hawaiian and japanese, its cool.

[@ericreilly5496]

Good old Keemoo Farms😂 Schofield 07-11

[@kristyhernandez3844]

hawaii was the worst place i ever lived, ohau schofield exactly. so many homeless people, which is on the ohau government, saw way to many homeless people being harassed. Native people living in slums, old white people on the oceans edge. Sad and ridiculous.

[@movingtohawaii]

That reality can be harsh and I understand how that experience could have left you with a bitter taste

[@mithrandirrules2034]

Ma loko loko

[@whosyourdaddy5719]

2:57 private with 42% interest rate dodge charger.

[@movingtohawaii]

😂