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In 2000, the Hawaiʻi National Guard became the first to establish a State Partnership Program (SPP) with an Asia-Pacific nation, the Republic of the Philippines was its inaugural partner. This designation established the oldest and most active SPP relationship in...

Partnership Program moving to Indonesia What will be groundbreaking in the future will be our new state partnership programs with more countries in Asia. We've had a state partnership program with the Philippines for years now. The Guam National Guard...

Exercise Makani Pahili History Makani Pāhili, meaning “strong winds” in Hawaiian, is the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Defense’s annual hurricane exercise designed to test and strengthen coordinated response capabilities before the start of the hurricane season (June - November)....

Staff Sgt. Charles Browning Company B, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Charles Browning was born on March 6, 1976, in Whidbey Island, Wash. He attended high school in Tucson, Ariz. Browning worked for the...

29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers participate in annual training to prepare for deployment 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) --Story by Sgt. Tinisha Mellein-Fortson - Friday, August 24, 2018 (Picture from the 2018 Summer Pupukahi) Traditionally, annual training is...

2010 In December 2009, Troop Command Soldiers participated in Exercise YAMA SAKURA 57 (Japanese for mountain cherry blossom) for the second straight year focusing on the development and refinement of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and U.S. Army Japan (USARJ) efforts...

Hawaii Army National Guard unit makes history with C-RAM mission 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Martens | Thursday, June 13, 2019 Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara, commander Hawaii Army National Guard visits HARNG Soldiers with...

The Kīlauea lava flow carried over from FY18 into the new fiscal year and then directly shifted into the response to Hurricane Lane. It was the first time we switched disaster responses in a 24-hour period. Our Hawai'i Emergency Management...

Hawaii Air National Guard Returns from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Relief Missions State of Hawaii Department of Defense - Lt Col. Charles Anthony Hawaii Air National Guard Master Sgt. Kerrie Morris, a loadmaster from the 204th Airlift Squadron, shows David...

Maui Airmen and Soldiers team up to clear flood debris Maui island based Hawaii National Guard Airmen and Soldiers work to remove debris from the Wailuku river September 2016. Storm generated heavy rains on Sep. 13th caused river swelling and...

The 292nd Combat Communications Squadron also deployed in January 2015 in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. - 2015 Annual Report pp. 19 Hawaiian Raptors Deploy to Central Command Area of Responsibility Story by Lt. Col. Charles Anthony Photos by A1C...

Chief Information Office/J6 Po‘oihe (“Tip of the Spear”) Cyber security exercise The HIDOD CIO continued to partner with the University of Hawaii to host the third annual Po’oihe Hawaii Cybersecurity Exercise in June 2015. This year’s Po’oihe was integrated with...