Hawaii National Guard Unit Public Affairs Representative Program
The Hawaii National Guard Unit Public Affairs Representative (UPAR) Program is conducted by the State of Hawaii, Department of Defense (HIDOD) Public Affairs Office (PAO). This program provides training to Hawaii National Guard members so they can become Unit Public Affairs Representatives. UPARs are non-public affair trained Soldiers identified to increase public affair capability across a command. UPARs assist higher public affair elements achieve the commander’s requirement to communicate. UPARs are assigned through additional duty appointment orders to represent their units for public affair functions.
Handbook – updated May 2024
Slideshow – updated October 2024
Resources
DVIDS – a great source of examples
HING Social Media Pages – a great source of examples
HIDOD Socials
HIARNG Socials
HIANG Socials
NGB and Other States Social Media Pages – a great source of examples
Captions Examples
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command conduct an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, Aug. 1, 2018. Carry teams will move 55 transfer cases, containing what are believed to be the remains of American service members lost in the Korean War, to the DPAA facility at JBPH-H for identification. North Korea recently turned over the remains to the U.S. and is the first mass turnover of remains since the early ’90s. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Seth Coulter)
U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Kelsh, left, a gunner with the 320th Military Police Company, attached to the 115th Military Police Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division uses a seeking device on an Afghan local citizen at a checkpoint outside Kandahar City in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, June 2, 2013. U.S. Soldiers with 320th Military Police Company set up checkpoints with members of the Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) to help increase the AUP presence. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Duus)