Department of Defense

Question for the TAG

Why does the TAG have to approve off duty employment for HING members that are on military technician, AGR and FTNGD-OS status IAW the TAG memo titled “Policy for Employment Outside the Hawaii National Guard” signed by Maj Gen Wong on Jun 19, 2012? This creates and undue administrative burden for members that have secondary employment such as small business owners, real estate agents, uber drivers and anyone else that needs to make extra income to achieve their personal financial goals.

In comparison, HING members on T10 MPA orders with the USAF only require T-10 supervisor, JA, and unit commander/delegee IAW the Joint Ethics Regulation via the DAF3902 form. HING members on T32 status require approval from at least 6 command/departmental echelons and are discouraged from seeking approval for outside employment.

Answer

Policies often emanate from misconduct or mishap, and this policy is no different. A Dual Status Military Technician was selected for outside employment and was working there during his technician working hours. The technician was identified as working in his civilian employment capacity during normal duty hours.

Similarly, an Active Guard Reserve (AGR) employee ran a nightclub which led to allegations of misconduct and resulted in an investigation. Subsequently, this policy was developed based on similar outside employment policies within the City and County of Honolulu to prevent recurrences.

Since becoming the Deputy Adjutant General (DAG) in 2019, I received and reviewed very few request packets for Adjutant General approval, so I’m not sure how widespread this issue is within the HIANG formation. If associate T-10 forces (TFI) employ a different approval authority, that is their prerogative which may be appropriate for them.