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Brig. Gen. Kristof K. Sills serves as Commander of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. He implements, maintains, and oversees all wing programs, providing leadership and mission support to units on four separate islands....

The 298th Multi-Functional Training Regiment (MFTR), part of the Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG), has a rich lineage rooted in the military traditions of Hawaii, evolving through the Territorial era, World War II, and into its modern role as a...

For Immediate Release January 13, 2026 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) will be hosting a Sentry Aloha fighter exercise from January 14-28, 2026. O‘ahu residents, particularly along the island’s southern coast, may see...

Maj. Gen. Joseph R. Harris Maj. Gen. Joseph R. Harris II is the Chief of Staff and Commander of the Hawaiʻi Air National Guard (HIANG). He coordinates with both Federal and State Department of Defense agencies to provide 2,500 combat...

-Photo by Steven Philben (Picture from the 1980 Annual Report) High winds, high surf, and heavy rains battered the islands during the year, prompting Governor George R. Ariyoshi to issue state disaster proclamations on three occasions. The January 1980 storm...

TRAFFIC CONTROL Hawaii National Guard vehicles detour traffic around roads damaged from the November 2000 Hilo flood. Sgt. 1st Class Wayne T. Iha photo RAGING RAPIDS- A Hawaii Army National Guard reconnaissance photo from a UH- 60 Black Hawk helicopter,...

Kamehameha Highway in Kahuku, Oahu, was submerged by heavy rains, Mar. 19-23. (Picture from the 1991 Annual Report) Heavy rains, floods hit Oahu. Twelve days of drenching rains in March were followed by extensive flooding on the north windward shores...

(Picture from the 1976 Annual Report) 80th Governor George R. Ariyoshi and President Gerald R. Ford declared Hawaii County a major disaster area due to an earthquake-tsunami which struck there at 4:48 a.m., Nov. 29, 1975. Within minutes, a tsunami...

(Picture from the 1977 Annual Report) Volcanic Eruption On September 12, 1977, Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii erupted along its east rift zone, culminating in a massive outpouring of lava that traveled within a quarter-of-a-mile of the village of Kalapana. Hawaii...

CHECKING THE WAVE ACTION – Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Maj. Gen. Darryll D.M. Wong, the adjutant general, check the Kona Coast post-tsunami waves after the Fukushima, Japan earthquake. Lt. Col. Charles J. Anthony photo http://tsunami.csc.noaa.gov/map.html?mapname NEW TEAM TESTED – Gov....

COMMUNITY SERVICE -- Hawaii National Guard troops and volunteers work together to clear the Hamakua ditch from earthquake debris. Courtesy photo (Pictures from the 2007 Annual Report) Three major incidents or disasters that SCD responded to in FY 2007 were...

State Department of Defense first to respond Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Maj. Wayne N. Yoshioka and Staff The eye of Hurricane Iniki passed directly over Kauai on the afternoon of Sept. 11. (Picture from the 1992 August – September Pūpūkahi)...