The Hale Koa Hotel, which means House of the Warrior in Hawaiian, is an Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC) resort hotel located on Waikiki Beach and owned by the United States Department of Defense.
It sits on the southeast corner of Fort DeRussy on the western end of Waikiki in Honolulu.
The hotel opened at Waikiki beach on October 25, 1975, with a traditional Hawaiian ceremony.
Also constructed was an adults-only pool, a fitness center, a parking garage, and Bibas, a new café located on a porch underneath the Maile tower.
Eligible users are defined as family members who have suffered a loss of a sponsor in the event of an active duty death regardless of the cause (combat, accident, suicide, illness, etc.)