Department of Defense

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR MAJ. GEN. ARTHUR J. LOGAN DIRECTOR MEDIA RELEASE #2016-003 June 20, 2016 For Immediate Release Hawaii Air National Guard Tankers Return From Deployment Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii- More than 50 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) and three KC-135 Stratonkers, based at Joint Base Pearl ...
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DAVID Y.  IGE GOVERNOR MAJ. GEN. ARTHUR J. LOGAN DIRECTOR MEDIA RELEASE #2016-001                                                  Feb. 8, 2016 For Immediate Release            Hawaii Air National Guard Tankers Deploy to Support Operation Inherent Resolve Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii- More than 50 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG), based at Joint Base Pearl ...
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DAVID Y.  IGE GOVERNOR MAJ. GEN. ARTHUR J. LOGAN DIRECTOR MEDIA RELEASE #2015-013                                                  Oct. 1, 2015 For Immediate Release            Hawaiian Raptors Deploy to Central Command Area of Responsibility Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii- More than 200 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) and the active duty Air Force as ...
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DAVID Y.  IGE GOVERNOR BRIG. GEN. ARTHUR J. LOGAN DIRECTOR MEDIA RELEASE #2015-008                                                  June 1, 2015 For Immediate Release            Hawaii National Guard Hosts Its Largest Ever Disaster-Preparedness Exercise B-Roll – Honolulu, Hawaii- The Hawaii National Guard is hosting exercise Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili 2015 (VG/MP15), beginning today. VG/MP15 will be held over ...
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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, Maj. Byron Cadiz, and its Senior Noncommissioned Officer, 1st Sgt. Keith I. Nakahara  were invited ...
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Best Warrior Competition tests US Army National Guard, Reserve Soldiers Defense Media Activity – Hawaii News Bureau Story by Staff Sgt. Chris Hubenthal Wednesday, March 11, 2015 ##### MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii – From written exams to moving under fire, Soldiers competed to earn the title of Soldier of the Year and NCO ...
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# 2015-004 Kalaeloa, Hawaii- Gov. David Y. Ige presided over a “Transfer of Authority” ceremony today in which outgoing state adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Darryll Wong, formally relinquished his authority to incoming state adjutant general, Brig. Gen. Arthur “Joe” Logan, in front of the 29th Infantry Brigade Readiness Center at Kalaeloa. The state adjutant general ...
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Videos By Staff Sgt Katie Gray Story by Major Jeff Hickman, PAHOA, Hawaii – About 80 Hawaii National Guardsmen were activated and put on State Active Duty Oct. 29 to support Hawaii County Civil Defense with security and presence patrols in neighborhoods directly affected by a lava flow that threatens the town of Pahoa. Joint ...
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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 will assist with cargo off-loading in the event a natural disaster renders Honolulu Harbor inoperable. ...
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by By Tech. Sgt. Terri Paden PACUNITY 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 time the Air National Guard has taken the lead on the humanitarian assistance based ...
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