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	Johnston Island
		The warhead detonated at an altitude of 147 km, 66 km from Johnston Island.
		The detonation occurred at an altitude of 50 km, 31 km SSW of Johnston Atoll.
		On Johnston Island an intense white flash was accompanied by a strong heat pulse.
	www.astronautix.com /sites/johsland.htm (1500 words)

	Johnston Atoll - United States Nuclear Forces
		Johnston Island, 825 miles southwest of Hawaii, was the only site where soldiers were entirely responsible for the storage, security and transport of the deadly chemical agents.
		Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging.
		Johnston Atoll has also been used by the military since the mid-1930s, serving as a refueling point for aircraft and submarines during World War II and as a base for airlift operations during the Korean War.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/facility/johnston_atoll.htm (2655 words)

	Johnston Atoll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Johnston Atoll is a 2.8 km² atoll in the North Pacific Ocean at, about one-third of the way from Hawai'i to the Marshall Islands.
		Johnston is an unincorporated territory of the United States, administered from Washington, DC by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.
		The Johnston Atoll was claimed by both the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1858.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/Johnston-Atoll.htm (648 words)

	Johnston Island
		A mile and a half to the northeast of the main island is a small pile of sand and coral reef known as Sand or Agnes Island, about 200 yards in diameter and 8 feet high.
		Both islands are enclosed by a semicircular reef, 7.1/2 miles across, nearly continuous on the north, but open to the south.
		In 1941 Johnston Atoll was shelled by the Japanese after the Pearl Harbour attack and in 1948 it was placed under the control of the United States Air Force.
	www.janeresture.com /johnston (1473 words)

	Johnston Island. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Johnston Island, atoll, central Pacific, c.700 mi/1,100 km SW of Honolulu; c.3,000 ft/900 m long and c.600 ft/183 m wide.
		The Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS), a facility for the stockpiling and incineration of chemical weapons, is located here.
		The U.S. Army has used the island as a site for the destruction of chemical weapons since 1990.
	www.bartleby.com /69/79/J01779.html (211 words)

	Johnston Island National Wildlife Refuge
		Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is located in the central Pacific Ocean, 717 nautical miles west-southwest of Honolulu.
		The refuge is managed for 14 species of breeding sea birds and 5 species of wintering shorebirds, and for its coral reef and diverse marine organisms, including the threatened green sea turtle.
		As the island sank beneath the surface of the ocean, corals around its fringes continued to grow.
	www.fws.gov /refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=12515 (500 words)

	Johnston Island map, buy Johnston Island maps - Map Town Ltd. Also: travel books and travel guides.
		Johnston Atoll, consisting of four islands and reefs (the largest being Johnston Island), is located in the central Pacific (1,300 km) SW of Honolulu.
		Johnston Atoll was discovered by Americans in 1796, or the British in 1807, and was claimed by both the United States and the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1858; it was not, however, included in the state of Hawaii.
		A bird sanctuary since the 1920s, the strategic island was under U.S. Navy control from 1934 and Air Force control after 1948.
	www.maptown.com /johnstonislandmaps.html (237 words)

	Johnston Island Letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Johnston Atoll is a small, isolated group of islands about 800 miles west-southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii.
		Johnston Island, the largest of the four islands is approximately one-square mile in area and its composition is dredged and crushed coral.
		During the short time Ms Magnuson-Hawkins was on Johnston Atoll she did a superb job of not only decreasing the population of termites, roaches, and other pests, but preventing their return with a remarkable long-term treatment methodology.
	www.5star-termite.com /ctJohnsRef2.htm (424 words)

	Airman: Paradise Lost - Johnston Island site of chemical weapons disposal
		It may appear to be a tropical island complete with sandy beaches and crystal blue waters, but Johnston Island is anything but a tropical paradise.
		He was one of just 20 Air Force people stationed on the island responsible for its day-to-day operations, including oversight of the 1,180 soldiers, civilians and contractors who live and work there.
		She lives on a tropical island, surrounded by crystal blue waters and a friendly community.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IBP/is_2_45/ai_75832609 (1477 words)

	Johnston Island Revisited
		While I was stationed on Johnston Island in 1953 and 1954, I spent a lot of time in the HamShack.
		I had asked for permission to visit the island in the spring of 2003, but was told the building that housed the Amateur Radio station was scheduled for demolition in January.
		The majority of the population, which is between 800 and 900, are civilians who work for the contract companies that are preparing the island for its eventual turnover to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the later part of 2003.
	www.wr6wr.com /newSite/articles/features/johnston.html (896 words)

	Johnston, Rhode Island (Cities)
		Originally a part of Providence, Johnston became a separate town and was incorporated in 1759.
		It was named in honor of Augustus Lucas Johnston, of Newport, Attorney General of Rhode Island from 1758 to 1766.
		Johnston is located in Providence County just west of Providence along Highway 6 off I295 near Swamp Oak and Almy Reservoirs.
	www.ohwy.com /ri/j/johnston.htm (151 words)

	Johnston Atoll
		Johnston Atoll, located 800 miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, is operated and maintained by Field Command, Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA), Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
		Johnston Island is approximately 2 miles long and a half mile wide.
		Johnston Atoll was officially discovered in 1807 by British Sea Captain Charles James Johnston.
	www.geocities.com /SouthBeach/Cove/8104/1atoll.html (327 words)

	Aloha from Johnston Island
		Johnston Island has finally gone to the Birds.
		I was on the next to the last flight off of the Island June 14th.
		Captain Eric Sassi was in charge of Johnston Island, FOJA From Dec.2003 until the End.
	home.earthlink.net /~markinthepacific (242 words)

	Completion of Johnston Island work celebrated - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For almost a decade, a small community of workers, mostly Army civilians and contractors, spent their days on Johnston Island disassembling and burning chemical warfare agents so dangerous and unpredictable that the Army considered them unusable long before an international treaty banned them.
		After the chemical weapons disposal facility on Johnston Island completed its mission, it was razed and sealed over by a coral cap.
		Last night, McCloskey and about 100 former residents of Johnston Island met at the Hale Koa hotel in Waikiki, about 850 miles from the coral outcropping they once called home, and lifted a glass to the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System — a mission completed.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Nov/05/ln/ln12a.html (778 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The individual variations of absorption as a function of time are not correlated at the two stations, suggesting that the scale of the patches causing the absorption must be less than about 1000 km.
		A greater nighttime component appears at Johnston Island than at Hawaii, implying the existence of a latitude dependence.
		Correlation with spread F or with sporadic E on the basis of ionosonde data from Maui was not found, although a correlation is apparent between cosmic-noise absorption and ionosonde minimum reflection frequency during geomagnetically quiet periods.
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=4192713 (271 words)

	Johnston Island on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The military's mess: Johnston Atoll, the army's 'model' chemical disposal facility, is an environmental disaster.
		Jenna DeRosa, 12, right, of Johnston, Rhode Island jokes with her bunkmate Katie Gilbert, from Ohio, in their cabin at Camp Kingsmont, a children's weight loss camp in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
		A leatherback turtle covers her eggs in a nest on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea on December 30, 2004.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-J1ohnstonI1.asp (472 words)

	United States article - United States protected deal with vandalism talk page . U.S. Flag U.S. Great - What-Means.com
		The United States also holds several other territories, districts and possessions, notably the federal district of the District of Columbia, which is the nation's capital, and several overseas insular areas, the most significant of which are Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands.
		The United States has held a Naval Base at an occupied portion of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 1898.
		The arctic regions of Alaska and the volcanic islands of Hawaii only increase the geographic and climatic diversity.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/United_States (2685 words)

	Reunion Hall - LORSTA Johnston Island
		I was at Sand Island, JA, from very late November or early December, 1962 to November 19, 1963, as ET3 and ET2, took over some of Jay Goff's communications duties when we lost both him and his RM2 billet.
		I was stationed on Johnston as an ET3 from July 1978 to July 1979.
		I went to the island in Dec 1966 as a new EN2 and left in Dec 1967 as a new EN1.
	www.fredsplace.org /reunion/d14/0210.shtml (1713 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Johnston Atoll
		Both the US and the Kingdom of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s.
		Johnston and Sand Islands were designated wildlife refuges in 1926.
		Economic activity is limited to providing services to US military personnel and contractors located on the island.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/jq.html (255 words)

	Johnston Island II
		Johnston Island II Johnston Island II Island Guide
		Johnston Island is about 800 SW of Hawaii.
		Aloha also refuels while it's at the Island for the trip Downrange to Kwajalein.
	www.island-search.com /detail.php?id=2186 (49 words)

	Home Page for the Town of Johnston 1385 Hartford Ave, Johnston RI 02919
		Johnston was established as a Town in 1759.
		A prominent feature in our Town is the Johnston War Memorial Park, centrally located at 1583 Hartford Avenue.
		Johnston welcomes our corporate citizens as well, including FM Global, Bank of America, AIPSO, and AandH Manufacturing.
	www.johnston-ri.us (149 words)

	Johnston Rhode Island Colleges and Universities
		For Johnston Rhode Island students on the run, on the net university courses are becoming an exciting way to earn a degree or see a new skill.
		Prospective students are encouraged to contact Johnston Rhode Island schools and get additional info for whatever college they are interested in.
		Ideally you should visit each Johnston Rhode Island school on your small group, but if you cannot visit it personally, get a video or take a virtual tour.
	www.uscollegesearch.org /johnston-rhode-island-colleges.html (663 words)

	AllRefer.com - Johnston Island (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Johnston Island (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Pacific Islands Political Geography > Johnston Island
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Johnston Island
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-JohnstonI.html (114 words)

	ARRLWeb: DXpedition to Johnston Island (KH3) Set
		Four million pounds of weaponry have been disposed there since the facility opened in 1990, and the task of destroying the stockpile was completed two years ago.
		The closure will mean fewer personnel present and fewer flights to and from Johnston Island.
		Just when they expect to be on the air is not certain, but, according to The Daily DX which McClenny edits, they do plan to have a station available for each operator.
	www.arrl.org /news/stories/2003/01/27/100?nc=1 (490 words)

	Johnston Island United States Minor Outlying Islands Weather
		Johnston Island United States Minor Outlying Islands Weather
		RSS 2.0 feed for Johnston Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands.
		RSS Feed for Johnston Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands
	www.rssweather.com /hw3.php?icao=PJON (39 words)

	Soldiers of Johnston Island (PACIFIC)
		Located 825 miles southwest of Hawaii, Johnston Island is home to the Johnston Atoll Chemical Ammunition Demil Plant (JACADS).
		Congressional investigation seeking all veterans and/or civilian contract employees who had previously been assigned on Johnston Atoll during either...
		Seeking all Army/Air Force veterans who had previously served on Johnston Atoll-Pacific during either the Agent Orange storage years (1971-79) or...
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,708582,00.html (154 words)

	Johnston Yellow Pages and Johnston White Pages
		Johnston WhiteYellowPages is your Johnston yellow pages, Johnston white pages, and Johnston phone book directory.
		WhiteYellowPages makes it easier to find anything in Johnston by allowing you to search six different Johnston yellow pages, six different Johnston white pages, or the web from one page.
		WhiteYellowPages combines local Johnston phone book directories with Johnston weather, Johnston news, and other Johnston tools.
	johnston.whiteyellowpages.com (81 words)

	Regional: North America: United States: Dependent Areas - Open Site
		American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island.
		the Northern Mariana Islands is a commonwealth in political union with the US (effective 3 November 1986);
		the Republic of the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 21 October 1986).
	open-site.org /Regional/North_America/United_States/Dependent_Areas (155 words)

	Find in a Library: Insects of Hawaii, Johnston Island and Wake Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Find in a Library: Insects of Hawaii, Johnston Island and Wake Island
		Insects of Hawaii, Johnston Island and Wake Island
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/8ec06a21f5914298.html (57 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Johnston Atoll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CIA - The World Factbook -- Johnston Atoll
		This page was last updated on 4 October, 2005
		Cleanup and closure of the facility was completed in 2004.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/jq.html (283 words)

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