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The 298th Arty Group (Air Defense) will train primarily at its Sand Island and East Range Nike-Hercules training sites during August 1960 utilizing Nike-Hercules equipment. Training stressed battery drills to include Operational Readiness Inspection, tracking missions, and Air Defense Exercises…

SOME OF THE FIRST HANGmen AT BELLOWS FIELD, 23 November 1946. Seated: 1st Lt George R. Duncan, 1st Lt Walter F. Judd, 1st Lt John L. Perry, unknown, 1st Lt David L. Withington, 1st Lt Russell L. Smith, Capt Charles…

1940-1946 The Hawaiʻi National Guard's is Federalized for World War II As tensions grew in Europe and the Pacific, President Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilized the nation’s citizen-soldiers. Executive Order No. 8551 (Sept. 25, 1940) called the Hawaiʻi National Guard into…

14, During the fiscal year the Hawaii NationaI Guard did not engage in any active duty. Appoximently 60 guardsmen responded to the call of The Adjutant General to assist fighting fire on the s. s. City of Honolulu. These Guardsmen acted as relief fireman,…

During World War I, the military forces of the Territory of Hawaiʻi underwent significant transformation as they adapted to federal control, internal economic pressures and evolving strategic priorities. The Hawaiʻi National Guard (HING) entered this period following the National Defense…

Naval Militia 1915 - 1918 During these intensive activities of recruitment and expansion of the Guard, another organization to demand some of the manpower of the Territory had been authorized and was now being brought into being. During the legislative…

Plague During the Bubonic Plague 1/20/1900Refugee at the Kawaihao Church grounds Chinatown- Nuuanu and Hotel St.January 1900 during the bubonic plague Photo taken for the Board of Health during the epidemic of bubonic plague, 1900, ChinatownS. Nishi- Nuuanu near Beretania…

Company A Col. Soper and Staff. Left to right- Standing - J.W. Pratt, Dr. C.B. Cooper, W.W. Hall, A. Gartenberg. Sitting - J.H.Fisher, Col. J.H. Soper and G.F. McLeod (Picture from Hawaii State Archives) Officers of Company A. Left to…

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Military - Royal Household Guard and Band (Picture from Hawaii State Archives) 1854 A few months before his death in 1854, Kamehameha III completely reorganized the military system of the Islands. This was made law by "An Act, to Establish…

28 FEB 1857 - 12 SEP 1873 The men who had belonged to the 1st Hawaiian Guard decided that the only way they had of insuring their own safety was to form a new volunteer company. During the early part…

Question for TAG What are your thoughts on plausible deniability? Does leadership practice plausible deniability to turn a blind eye to officers or other senior leadership due to fraud, waste and abuse, infidelity, etc. If officer in question is someone…