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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...

Brigadier General Martha N. Wong is the Mobility Assistant, Director, Logistics, Engineering and Security Assistance (J4), United States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. General Wong assumed her current assignment in November 2010, assisting the J4 in the planning, coordinating...

Brigadier General Edwin A. Vincent was appointed as Mobilization Assistant to Director of Strategy and Policy, United States Pacific Command on 1 January 2007. His key role in the Pacific Command's effort to shape and maintain regional security through development...

Major General Michael H. Tice is the Reserve Component assistant to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (USCINCPAC). As such he serves as the principal advisor to USCINCPAC on all reserve forces mobilization matters.  He began his military career...

Brig. Gen. Glen I. Sakagawa assumed command of the 29th Separate Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, on January 7, 2000. The brigade has units on the five major islands, three other states and two territories. General Sakagawa was born...

Major General Albert P. (Putt) Richards, Jr. is the Mobilization Assistant to the commander, United States Pacific Command (COMUSPACOM). As such he serves as the principal advisor to COMUSPACOM on all reserve forces mobilization matters. The General entered the Air...

Brigadier General Stanley J. Osserman, Jr. is Chief of Staff, Hawaii Air National Guard. His duties and responsibilities include strategic planning and oversight of over 1,900 military members in a flying wing with three flying squadrons, an active air defense...