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Major General Edward (Rick) V. Richardson is the adjutant general of the state of Hawaii, Department of Defense. He serves as a member of the governor's cabinet and is the military commander of the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard...

Major General Kenneth S. Hara assumed his duties as the Adjutant General for the State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, on December 6, 2019. On 20 February 2018, MG Hara was dual-hatted as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Army National...

Major General Robert G.F. Lee was appointed the Adjutant General, State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, on January 1, 2003. His previous assignment was as commanding general of the 9th Regional Support Command, U.S. Army Reserve - Pacific from February...

Robert Louis Stevenson, was born in Honolulu on April 10, 1915. He attended grammar school in various Oahu locales, attended McKinley High School and graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1937 with a degree in engineering. He joined Home...

His Air Force career commenced on 27 January 1942 when he entered the Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet. He obtained his pilot training in the Army Air Force Southeast Training Center, graduating and receiving his pilot's wings and...

Place of Birth: Halawa, North Kohala, Hawaii Date of Birth: 4 Oct 1899 Education: Attended the Territorial Public School at Makapala, in the neighborhood of the plantation town of Niulii, Hawaii for six years. Entered St. Louis College, Honolulu, October...

Brigadier General Suzanne P. Vares-Lum is the Mobilization Assistant to Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command at Camp Smith, Hawaii. She has a key role in the Pacific Command's effort to shape and maintain regional security through...

Brigadier General Clarence M. Agena (Mert) was appointed assistant adjutant general, Army; and commander, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG), on January 11, 2002. General Agena was born in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, on July 2, 1944. In 1962 after graduating from...

Brigadier General Aiona entered the US Army in August 1944 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers in December 1945 upon graduation from Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. General Aiona joined the Hawaii...

Hana, Maui-born, Wilhelm A. Andersen, joined the National Guard of Hawaii prior to World War I. After graduating from Officers' Training Camp held at Schofield Barracks in Nov. 26, 1917, the newly commissioned first lieutenant was assigned to the 2nd...

Brigadier General Dwight M. Kealoha was appointed by Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano as the commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) on February 1, 1996. As HIANG commander, he is responsible for overseeing the training and readiness of the...

General Maguire was born on 5 December, 1924 in Los Angeles, California He grew up and attended schools in Glendale, California, where he graduated from Glendale High School in June 1942. General Maguire enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps...