HING History

Brigadier General Myles M. Nakatsu was appointed the deputy adjutant general on September 15, 1988. Subsequent to his appointment, he served as the executive support officer to the adjutant general for nine years. He was promoted to brigadier general (Hawaii)...

Colonel David M. Rodrigues is the commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG). He is responsible for providing command and control over 23 units located on four islands in the State of Hawaii. The HIANG has an authorized strength...

Frederick August Schaefer, III, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on 3 January 1921. He graduated from Cornell University in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture. He was also commissioned a second lieutenant, United States Army Reserve, upon...

Brigadier General Haruo Shigezawa is the deputy commander, State Area Command, Hawaii Army National Guard, in Honolulu. He is responsible for assisting the adjutant general in the training, deployment and coordination of programs, policies and plans affecting more than 4,500...

Brigadier General Kenji (Ken) Sumida is chief of staff for the Hawaii Air National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii. He is responsible for directing and coordinating the state headquarters staff which provides policy guidance and supervision for the two groups and a...

Brigadier General Bernard M. Watson was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1966 through the ROTC program at the Montana State University as an engineer officer. After three years and two months of active duty service with the U.S. Army in...

Brigadier General Edward M. Yoshimasu, who fought with the famous 100th Battalion in Italy and France during World War II, retired 31 August 1976 after 37 years with the military service. General Yoshimasu was with the U. S. Treasury Department...

The 111th Army Band was organized and federally recognized on 3 October 1919 in the Hawaiʻi National Guard at Honolulu as the Band Section, Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry. After several reorganizations and re-designations, including assignment to the 24th Infantry Division for...

The 297th Engineer Detachment Fire Fighting Team was organized on 1 April 1999. The 297th Firefighting Team is presently involved with the Hawaii CERF-P program which is designed to respond to natural or man-made mass casualty incidents and major disasters. 297th...

230th Eng Co 230th Engineer Detachment 298th Engineer Detachment (1970 - 2007) The 230th Engineer Detachment, originally designated the 298th Engineer Detachment (298th Eng Det), was established as part of the Hawaii Army National Guard on April 1, 1970, at...

The 227th Brigade Engineer Battalion (227th BEB) was organized on February 14, 2014, in the 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (29th IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG). The 227th Brigade Engineer Battalion transformed from the 29th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (29th...

The 3-126th MEDEVAC can trace their lineage back to the 112th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), with headquarters in Gardiner, Maine. In 2006, the 112th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) was reorganized and re-designated as Company C, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment. During this time the unit...