Military plays major role. (Hawaii's Culture).Think Hawaii and you think of tall palm trees, balmy ocean breezes The Ocean Breeze, (formerly Calypso, Azure Seas, and Dolphin) was an ocean liner, and later a cruise ship. Formerly used for many years as a high speed mail and passenger liner (no freight), the Southern Cross , sipping mai tais while listening to Don Ho and the military? While the state has a well-established reputation as a tourist destination A tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism. It may contain one or more tourist attractions or visitor attractions and possibly some "tourist traps". , visitors often overlook the 50th state's strong military presence, other than what they see at Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. . Hawaii is home to all five military branches, with approximately 14 major bases and 20 scattered outposts. Perhaps more significantly, it houses each branch's Pacific central command: U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. Army Pacific, Marine Forces Pacific, Pacific Air Forces and District 14 U.S. Coast Guard. In addition, the U.S. Pacific Command, with headquarters on Oahu, controls an area that stretches over half of the earth's surface Noun 1. Earth's surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" surface from the west coast of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. to the east coast of Africa. "In no other place are you going to find this, where all the headquarters are in one location," said Charlie Ota, vice president of military affairs for the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. "If there is a war in the Pacific, everything emanates out of Hawaii in terms of control ... That's very, very unique." Approximately 300,000 military personnel, guards/reserves, dependents and retirees live in Hawaii. The large number of military bases, employees and dependents has a significant economic impact on the state. "It's [the military] big business," said Ken Bailey chairman of the chamber's Armed Services Committee The term Armed Services Committee could refer to:
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