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#2019-003  April 5, 2020 HONOLULU, HI- Hawaii National Guard (HING) Soldiers and Airmen will be supporting the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) with the medical screening of incoming and departing passengers as well as airline crew at five Hawaii airports....

#2019-003  March 26, 2020 HONOLULU, HI- Hawaii Air National Guard members from Medical Detachment 1 provided logistical support this week with personal protective equipment (PPE) and maintenance of valuable medical equipment at the Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management Coalition facilities. The...

#2020-001  March 6, 2020  HONOLULU-- State of Hawai'i Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, has named Luke P. Meyers, former executive officer for Hawai'i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), as the new administrator for HI-EMA effective March 15, 2020. Former...

#2019-008   December 24, 2019 MAKAWAO, HI- The Maui Veterans Cemetery has about 1,200 vases in storage that were removed from the cemetery in preparation of Phase 1 of the gravesite restoration project in May of 2014. In 2014, before...

#2019-007     December 6, 2019 Honolulu, HI- A transfer of authority ceremony and a promotion ceremony was held this morning for Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, the newly appointed Hawaii Adjutant General. Hara was first promoted from Brig. Gen....

#2019-004     August 19, 2019 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI- The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) will be conducting a large-scale Sentry Aloha fighter exercise, which will run from August 21 through September 4, 2019. Oahu residents, particularly those...

#2018-012 December 4, 2018 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) will be hosting a Sentry Aloha, a large-scale fighter exercise beginning Wednesday, Dec. 5. Oahu residents, particularly along the island’s southern coast may see...

PR #2018-010    The Hawaii National Guard is notifying the public that it will be conducting an aerial medical evacuation training exercise in Hilo on June 6, 2018, between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. The mission is being conducted to...

#2018-009      May 24, 2018 Hilo, HI - The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed two large transport helicopters to Hilo in support of Joint Task Force 5-0, the joint military force assisting Hawaii County with the current Kilauea eruption....

#2018-008   April 18, 2018 Ft. Ruger, Hawaii- The Hawaii Youth Challenge Academy Hilo campus is investigating  an allegation by a female cadet that she was inappropriately touched by a male cadre staff member.  The allegation was made last night....

#2018-001   January 11, 2018 KALAELOA, HI- The Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) at Kalaeloa on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. The Kalaeloa AASF will...

#2017-0014   Oct. 30, 2017 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii- Two Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, and associated personnel returned to Hawaii today following a deployment to the Middle East, where...