HING History

In September, the Hawaii National Guard Association (HNGA) hosted the 113th National Guard Association of the United States annual conference. More than 3,000 persons attended the three-day event that culminated five years of planning, coordination and hard work by HNGA...

Air Guard to get tankers A KC-135R Stratotanker (left) refuels an F-15 Eagle. The Hawaii Air National Guard's new 154th Air Refueling,Squadron will be receiving four KC-135Rs. (Picture from the 1991 April – June Pūpūkahi) The Office of the Secretary...

By order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the National Guard of Hawaii was again ordered into active service in October 1940 and was on duty at Schofield when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The first Japanese...

1980 August (Pictures from 1981 Annual Report) The Hawaii Army National Guard's annual training session took place in August 1980 and required movement of large numbers of troops and equipment between the islands. Infantry units were stationed at Schofield Barracks...

1970 8th-22nd August (Pictures from the 1970 Annual Report) HANG units, with the exception of the 201st MCS, conducted the FY 1970 field training during spring (March 23 to April 3) on an experimental basis. The switch from camp conducted...

1960 11th-25th June Field Training: For all, except the 298th Arty Gp (AD), annual field training was conducted during the period 11-25 June 1960 as follows: Organization Special Troops 227th Engr Bn (Inf Div) 29th Inf Bde Location Schofield Barracks...

1950 10th-25th June (Pictures from the 1949-1950 Annual Report) Field Training was held at Schofield Barracks, Oahu from June 10 to June 25, 1950. The highlights of the training under the second year of the National Guard Training Program were...

1940 7th-27th July State (Territorial) Staff and Detachment: The State (Territorial) Staff and Detachment, consisting of 6 officers and 18 enlisted men, held twenty-one days of field training from July 7 to 27, 1940, inclusive, at the Honolulu Armory. The...

Co. B, 1109th TASMG Company B, 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group The lineage of 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (1109th TASMG) traces back to May 1775, originally organized in Norwich, Conn., as the Norwich Light Infantry, that was...

1930 9th-23rd August (Picture from 1930-1931 Annual Report) The annual encampment for the fiscal year 1930 were held at the places indicated below: Schofield Barracks, Oahu, August 9, 1930 to August 23, 1930 both dates inclusive: Paukukalo, Maui, September 13,...

1920 September The first camp of instruction held after the War was during September, 1920, when 22 officers and 319 men went into the camp that the National Guard of Hawaii had established at Schofield Barracks while on active duty...

1910 The following year no regular encampment took place, but a Camp of Instruction for Infantry Officers was conducted at Fort Shafter by the regular army. The purpose of this camp was to give the National Guard officers experience in...