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For the first time, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) Airman, Capt. My-Randa Quinata, commander of the 109th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron's Intelligence Flight, has been selected to receive the prestigious Space Force Association Award. Capt. Quinata earned this distinction among...

Lt. Col. Daniel C. Wrazien accepts command 169th Air Defense Squadron from Col. Phillip Mallory, Commander, 298th Air Defense Group as the 169th ADS was transferred to the 298th ADS. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jackson)...

Waimanalo was honored as a Hawaii Hazards Awareness and Resilience Program (HHARP) disaster resilient community by local, state, and federal officials during the Waimanalo Emergency Preparedness Fair. This fair was held at the Hawaii National Guard Regional Training Institute on...

By Retired Master Sgt. Stephen M. Lum Hawaii’s Military Appreciation Month opening ceremony began with honoring seven military service members’ outstanding volunteerism, including Hawaii National Guard’s Spc. Melody R. Bell, May 8 at the State Capitol. For more than 30...

National Guard Nuclear Medical Science Officer First Lt. Keith Hapenney, 9th Civil Support Team (CST), works together with firefighters of the Honolulu Fire Department to analyze potential chemical hazard readings during exercise Kai Malu O’Hawaii 2015 at the Honolulu International...

The 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team soldiers salute the Pohaku, or sacred rocks bearing the names of all the soldiers the brigade has lost since its first deployment, during the brigade’s annual Memorial Day ceremony at the brigade’s headquarters in...

The Hawaii Army National Guard’s Company B, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, known as “the Voyagers” were recently recognized as the Army National Guard Aviation Unit of the Year by the Army Aviation Association of America for 2014. B/171st’s Commander,...

Brigadier General Arthur “Joe” Logan was confirmed as the Adjutant General of the Department of Defense in a unanimous vote on April 2. “Brigadier General Logan has excellent credentials and has demonstrated a high level of understanding of the State’s...

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii – The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) held it’s annual Launa ‘Ole awards ceremony yesterday. Launa ‘Ole, when translated to English could mean unequalled, superior, beyond comparison, without peer. Airmen with backgrounds such as communications,...

National Guard Soldiers and Airmen on State Active Duty are welcomed to training for task force response, the Hawaii National Guard domestic operations assistance to the Puna District of Hawaii Island. The Hawaii National Guard was asked to support civil authorities and...

Honolulu Harbor is the life blood for the majority of Hawaii’s goods and if that goes down, the state is ready. On Monday, the state, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy blessed a new mobile crane at Pearl Harbor that...

by By Tech. Sgt. Terri PadenPACUNITY Public Affairs 9/15/2014 - MOUNT HAGEN, Papua New Guinea -- Pacific Unity has been ongoing in the Asia-Pacific region since 2010, however the current iteration in Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea marks the first...