HING History

Major General Arthur U. Ishimoto serves as the State Adjutant General. In his position, he is Director of the Hawaii Department of Defense and a member of the Governor's cabinet, Commander of the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard, and...

Benjamin Jepson Webster was born in New Haven, Connecticut on April 4, 1911 and moved with his family to Hawaii in 1914. Upon his graduation from Punahou School in 1928, he was appointed to the United States Military Academy at...

Major General Darryll D. M. Wong assumed the position of Adjutant General, for the State of Hawaii on Jan 9, 2011.  As State Adjutant General, he oversees the training and readiness of the 5,500 soldiers and airmen of the Hawaii...

Major General Edward L. Correa, Jr., is the Adjutant General, State of Hawaii, Department of Defense. He is responsible for the Hawaii Air and Army National Guards and State Civil Defense in Hawaii. He also provides direct support to the...

Major General Edward (Rick) V. Richardson is the adjutant general of the state of Hawaii, Department of Defense. He serves as a member of the governor's cabinet and is the military commander of the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard...

Major General Kenneth S. Hara assumed his duties as the Adjutant General for the State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, on December 6, 2019. On 20 February 2018, MG Hara was dual-hatted as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Army National...

Major General Robert G.F. Lee was appointed the Adjutant General, State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, on January 1, 2003. His previous assignment was as commanding general of the 9th Regional Support Command, U.S. Army Reserve - Pacific from February...

Robert Louis Stevenson, was born in Honolulu on April 10, 1915. He attended grammar school in various Oahu locales, attended McKinley High School and graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1937 with a degree in engineering. He joined Home...

His Air Force career commenced on 27 January 1942 when he entered the Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet. He obtained his pilot training in the Army Air Force Southeast Training Center, graduating and receiving his pilot's wings and...

Place of Birth: Halawa, North Kohala, Hawaii Date of Birth: 4 Oct 1899 Education: Attended the Territorial Public School at Makapala, in the neighborhood of the plantation town of Niulii, Hawaii for six years. Entered St. Louis College, Honolulu, October...

Brigadier General Suzanne P. Vares-Lum is the Mobilization Assistant to Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command at Camp Smith, Hawaii. She has a key role in the Pacific Command's effort to shape and maintain regional security through...

Brigadier General Clarence M. Agena (Mert) was appointed assistant adjutant general, Army; and commander, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG), on January 11, 2002. General Agena was born in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, on July 2, 1944. In 1962 after graduating from...