154th Wing Public Affairs Story by Senior Airman John Linzmeier Wednesday, July 24, 2019 ##### Emergency response service members from four nations gathered in Oahu July 15-19 to participate in a Hawaii National Guard hosted exercise, focused on urban search and rescue. Teams from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, The Philippines, and the Oregon National Guard joined ...
Read More Multinational task force practices urban search, rescue at Kalaeloa
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154th Wing Public Affairs Story by Senior Airman John Linzmeier Wednesday, July 24, 2019 ##### Representatives from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, visited Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam July 8-12 to introduce fighter pilots and aircrew flight equipment professionals to some of the newest developments in flight-suit technology. Team Hickam’s Hawaiian Raptors, comprised of members from ...
Read More No more ‘flight suits,’ the Integrated Aircrew Ensemble makes debut
154th Wing Public Affairs Story by Senior Airman Robert Cabuco Friday, July 19, 2019 ##### MAKATI, Philippines –Soldiers and Airmen from the Hawaii National Guard (HING) gathered with their counterparts from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to conduct an Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) conference on July 16, ...
Read More Hawaii and the Philippines Reinforce Bonds at Emergency Management Exchange
117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) Story by Spc. Matthew Foster and Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Gualdarama Thursday, July 18, 2019 ##### Celebrating its 39th year, Tiger Balm is the longest running bilateral exercise between U.S. Army Pacific and the Singapore Armed Forces that occurred on 8-18 July 2019 in the city of Mandai, Singapore. ...
Read More 39th Annual Tiger Balm exercise
154th Wing Public Affairs Story by Tech. Sgt. Alison Bruce-Maldonado Sunday, July 14, 2019 ##### Six Hawaii Air National Guardsmen (HIANG) participated in a State Partnership Program (SPP) Air Defense subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) July 10, 2019, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The SPP SMEE began in late June on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, when ...
Read More HIANG and Indonesian Air Defenders build relationships during SMEE 19-2
117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Martens Thursday, June 13, 2019 ##### Soldiers of the Hawaii National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment are in the process of making history, all while performing a mission with important implications for the future of air defense artillery, field artillery, and the ...
Read More Hawaii Army National Guard unit makes history with C-RAM mission
State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, Public Affairs Office Story by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jackson Wednesday, March 27, 2019 ##### The Hawaii National Guard State Partnership Program recently sent its own military disaster managers along with civilian disaster managers from the state, and county levels to Quezon City to help facilitate a large scale disaster ...
Read More Hawaii Disaster Planners Assist Philippine Disaster response agencies
State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, Public Affairs Office Story by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jackson Friday, March 22, 2019 ##### Engineers from the Hawaii Army National Guard’s 230th Engineering Company and Search and Rescue Soldiers from The Hawaii Army National Guard’s chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive enhanced-response-force-package (CERFP) bolstered the U.S. Navy Pacific ...
Read More Hawaii National Guard State Partnership Program assists U.S. Navy
117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Martens Friday, March 1, 2019 ##### SCHOFIELD BARRACKS – Six Soldiers from the Hawaii Army National Guard competed to be named the Hawaii Guard’s best during the 2019 Best Warrior Competition, held at Schofield Barracks March 1-3. The grueling joint competition, which also included ...
Read More Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers Compete in the 2019 Best Warrior Competition
117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Martens Sunday, February 10, 2019 ##### WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii – “A series of very difficult decisions . . . that would save the lives of a family of six, and one family pet.” These are the words used by Hawaii Governor David Ige ...
Read More Hawaii Army National Guard Soldier Awarded the State Medal of Valor