Department of Defense

STATE OF HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

MAJ GEN ARTHUR J. LOGAN
ADJUTANT GENERAL

MEDIA ADVISORY

#2018-003

July 19, 2018
For Immediate Release

HAWAII ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FROM HILO DEPLOYING TO EGYPT

HILO, HI- About 90 Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st
Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment, Hawaii Army National Guard, will be
participating in a deployment ceremony at the LTC Henry S.Hara Armed Forces
Reserve Center tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. for an upcoming deployment to Sinai,
Egypt. It will be a year-long deployment for the 1-299th and they will be
supporting the Multinational Forces Observers Group in Egypt.

This is the fourth time that the unit will be deployed: Vietnam in 1968,
Iraq in 2004, Kuwait in 2008, and now Egypt in 2018. There are some first
time deployers and multi-deployers in the Hilo unit. The 1-299th Soldiers
will be training in Fort Bliss, Texas for about a month before heading to
Egypt.

Who: Hilo-based 1-299th Cavalry, Hawaii Army National Guard
What: Deployment Ceremony
Why: To bid Aloha to unit by Friends and Family
When: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., July 20, 2018
Where: LTC Henry S. Hara Armed Forces Reserve Center, Keaukaha Military
Reservation, 1304 Kekuanaoa Street, Hilo, HI

For media interested in attending event, please RSVP by calling Major Jeff
Hickman at.

 

Media Contact:
MAJ Jeff Hickman
Public Affairs Officer
808-733-4258/
[email protected]
www.hawaii.gov/dod