January 2025

Brigadier General Braden K. Sakai is Commander, 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. He is responsible for the implementation, maintenance and oversight of all Wing programs, as well as providing mission support to subordinate Wing Unit Commanders and other...

STEP ONE – Brig. Gen. Joseph K. Kim, the deputy adjutant general, present Hawaii Youth CHalleNGe Academy Cadets with their certificates of Pre-CHalleNGe completion. HING YCA photo General Kim was commissioned from the United States Air Force Academy in 1982...

Brig. Gen. James R. Carpenter assumed command of the Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) in January 2000. As commander of HIARNG, he is responsible for more than 3,500 soldiers serving in Headquarters, State Area Command, and three major commands: 29th...

Major General Peter S. Pawling assumed duties as Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, United States Pacific Command in June 2009. He is the principle advisor to the Commander regarding reserve component readiness and operations and facilitates Homeland Security activities between...

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Hilo Disaster: Another disaster by a huge seismic wave which killed 57 persons, struck Hawaii at Hilo on 23 May 1960. This wave was triggered by an Earthquake in Chile. Personnel from the 2nd Battle Group, 299th Inf responded rapidly and...

IN MEMORIAM It is with deep regret that the deaths of the following personnel of the 29thInfantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, mobilized on 13 May 1968, are announced. The Hawaii National Guard mourns the lose of these loyal members...

Air Defense Augmentation. The 109th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron and the 199th Fighter Interceptor Squadron participated in the Air Defense Augmentation Program during the entire year. The 109th provided 24-hour early warning radar and intercept control at Punamano, and...

The Battalion’s lineage reaches as far back a 1893 where its parent unit constituted the Hawaii National Guard’s 1st Regiment. Subsequent organizations inherent to the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery also includes the 1st Hawaiian Infantry, 1918; 298th Infantry, 1924;...

Question for the TAG, but answered by the CSEL: I am a young guardsman looking to further my military career and ease my financial burden by pursuing a more active role by either attempting to go AD or looking into...