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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...

The State Partnership Program between the Hawaiʻi National Guard (HING) and the Republic of Indonesia, represents one of the most successful and enduring civil-military cooperative agreements in the Indo-Pacific region. Managed by the National Guard Bureau and closely aligned with...

[pdfjs-viewer url=https://dod.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/pupukahi-APR-2026.pdf fullscreen=true download=true print=true] HAWAI‘I AIR NATIONAL GUARD Hawai‘i Air National Guard hosts Sentry Aloha, bolsters readiness By Senior Airman Roann Gatdula 154th Wing, Hawai‘i Air National Guard An F-22 Raptor from the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawai‘i Air National...

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)....

pupukahi OCT 2025 FOR WEBDownload STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE State responds to tsunami warning On July 29, a tsunami warning was in effect after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The Hawai‘i Emergency...

pupukahi-August-2025-FINAL-REV2Download HAWAI‘I ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FOURTH OF JULY PARADE Hawai‘i, Kansas join musical forces In celebration of Independence Day, the Hawaiʻi Army National Guard’s 111th Army Band proudly joined forces with the 312th Army Band, U.S. Army Reserves, based out...

2025 Jun PupukahiDownload CIVILIAN MILITARY PROGRAMS Associate’s medical career starts with poke of a needle By Ruben Duldulao | State of Hawai‘i Department of Defense Public Affairs Hawai‘i Job Challenge Academy Associate Jacob Evans draws blood from his mother, Yvette...

Company B 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group . . . Conducted 2019 annual training with WARTRACE unit in Groton, CT in July 2019. - 2020 Annual Report pp. 15 Hawai‘i National Guard participates in Vigilant Guard 2020 in Guam....

When A Sleeping Giant Awakened, HI-DOD Stepped Up To Assist Story by Jill Matsumoto | HI-EMA | December 21, 2022 When A Sleeping Giant Awakened, HI-DOD Stepped Up To Assist (Picture from the 2022 Winter Pūpūkahi) On November 27, 2022,...

Hawaii National Guard supports 59th Presidential Inauguration State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, Public Affairs OfficeStory by Master Sgt. Andrew JacksonThursday, January 21, 2021 U.S. Army Soldiers with the Hawaii National Guard liaise with Virginia State Police to coordinate traffic...

2025-V25 E1 R2-pupukahi r6aDownload STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 2025 Reader Survey Results To the readers of the HIDOD newsletter, pūpūkahi, thank you.  We asked readers to take a survey about the pūpūkahi and share with us what they...

JTF-50's Dedicated Safety Efforts Continue in Lahaina After Wildfire 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) | Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Foster | Friday, September 1, 2023 (Picture from the 2023 Summer Pūpūkahi) U.S. Soldiers and Airmen of the Joint...