Archive - Le Lali / Linking Samoans / Our Troops

Ua amata fo’i ona vave uma mea’ai i le fale, totonu o le pusa ‘aisa, totonu o le sefe, ae maise ua sagole uma i luga le tele o mea i totonu o le fale e le fanau i aso ta’itasi! Ioe ua o’o mai le tu’uaga, Matua, ia fa’aulu le fanau i ni a’oa’oga fa’apitoa e fa’apasi ai o latou taimi i le tu’uaga umi lenei o a’oga.

TU’UAIA SE LEOLEO I LE AVE TA’AVALE ‘ONA

O se tasi o tuutuuga ua tatala ai i tua mai le toese se alii leoleo, o le faasa lea ona ia toe faafoea se taavale, sei vagana ua faamaonia o lo o i ai sana laisene ave taavale sa tuuina atu e le Ofisa o Taavale Afi a le malo i Tafuna.

O le  faaiuga o le vaiaso na se’i mavae atu, na taofia ai e leoleo ia le ali’i leoleo o Fatu Enari, i Nu’uuli, ina ua masalomia o lo o ia faafoeina le taavale a’o ‘ona.

E vevesi Samoa i le fa’amanatuina o lana Sisigafu’a lona 50 o se atunu’u Tuto’atasi, ae vevesi le afio’aga o Satapuala e fa’amautu le latou mau, ia toe fa’afo’i atu laufanua ma eleele o Satapuala, ua ‘ave solitu e Niu Sila, ma soloa’i ane ai fa’amatu’u atu i le Esetete Tausi a le Malo Tuto’atasi o Samoa, ae molo’aua ai le maliliega i le amataga, e toe fa’afo’i mai eleele o Satapuala pe afai ae mae’a fanoga o le Malo o Niu Sila sa latou mo’omia ona fa’aaoga ai laufanua ia.

O le sola mai ai o le au kirikiti a le Manuula mai Vatia ma le siamupini o le ta’amilosaga o kirikiti faa Samoa lea sa fa’agasolo i le fa’amanatuina o le 50 tausaga o le fu’a a Samoa, e le gata ua o  latou faatuina ai se matati’a maualuga i Samoa, ae ua avea fo’i lea ma auala ua latou faatula’i ai se lu’i ia Samoa, ina ia o latou sauni mo le toe lu’iina o le siamupini i le isi sisiga fu’a o loo soso’o nei.

Mayor of Honolulu, Peter Carlisle signed a proclamation to honor the National Samoan Language Week in the State of Hawaii 2012 headed by Le Fetuao Samoan Language School of Hawaii. This national week is celebrated in California, New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii.

US Census 2010 shows more than 180,000 Samoans reside in the United States, which is triple the number of people living in American Samoa, while slightly less than the estimated population of the island nation of Samoa — 193,000, as of July 2011.

Peter Siofele 'Aho, graduated from Peninsula High School, in San Bruno California on May 31, 2012 — and was named the highest academic achiever in the school. Peter was honored as the only student in the school to maintain a 4.0 Grade Point Average upon graduation, and was awarded a scholarship to the college of San Mateo, in California.

SGT Toma Frost was awarded the Purple Heart medal on Saturday, June 2, 2012 for wounds received in action in June 7, 2009 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

Earlier that same day, Frost was promoted to SGT and received the Army Commendation Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service during Operation Iraqi Freedom."

He is pictured here with his parents Luamanuvae Kolisiosamoa Frost and Faamaile Polutea Frost, and his sisters Naoupu and Marietta shortly after the ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. 

The following have graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.: ARMY PFC. LUALEI ULI, ARMY PFC. GLORY V. ELAMA, and ARMY PVT. YOUNGHIE G. JEONG

O le ula lea na autu i ai le vaega talepe fale e to’atolu ia na o latou osofaia ni faleoloa i le masina o Ianuari 2012 i Leone, ua faasala e le faamasinoga maualuga e nofosala i le toese mo le 28 masina, ina ua ia ioeina moliaga o le talepe fale i le tulaga muamua ma le lua, atoa ai ma le gaoi i lalo o se maliliega sa ia sainia ma le malo ma talia e le faamasinoga maualuga.

O se tasi o faailoga o le loto faamagalo e pei ona tautalagia e le Ao Mamalu o le malo Samoa i lana lauga, i le faamanatuina o le atoaga o le 50 tausaga o lona malo tuto’atasi, e aofia ai le tatalaina lea i tua o pagota e toa 35 mai le falepuipui i Tafaigata.

E lei faamanino auiliili mai e le afioga i le Tama Aiga ia Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi poo ai igoa o pagota nei, o a solitulafono ua mafua ai ona faafalepuipui i latou ae pe ta’i fia fo’i tausaga ma masina o loo faasala ai i latou i le toese.