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History of the Royal Guard

December 5, 2025

Royal Guard The modern Royal Guard of the Hawaiʻi Air National Guard was established on Jan. 20, 1963, when Lt. Col. Walter F. Judd and a group of 18 Air Guardsmen of Hawaiian ancestry revived the ceremonial guard of the...

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2025 pūpūkahi | Volume 55 | No. 5

December 1, 2025

pupukahi DEC 2025 FINALDownload HAWAI‘I NATIONAL GUARD Hawai‘i medical delegation teams up at Exercise Cope West 25 in Indonesia By Rachel Blaire | State of Hawai‘i Department of Defense Public Affairs A U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army medical delegation...

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History of the 154th Medical Group

November 20, 2025

154 MG 154th Medical Group 154th Medical Squadron (FY1994-2002) 154th Tactical Hospital (FY1986-FY1994) 154th USAF Clinic (1973-FY1986) 154th USAF Dispensary (1960-1973) The 154th Medical Group traces its origins to Dec. 1, 1960, when the 154th USAF Dispensary was activated as part...

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2010’s HIEMA Photographs 

September 30, 2025

WATCHING FOR SIGNS – State Civil Defense Response Team checks the monitors for Chilean tsunami warning updates, Feb. 27, 2010. State Civil Defense photo THE LAST SUMMIT – (Top right) Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, head, International Cantre for Political Violence &...

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2025 Pūpūkahi | Volume 55 | No. 4

September 30, 2025

pupukahi OCT 2025 FOR WEBDownload STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE State responds to tsunami warning On July 29, a tsunami warning was in effect after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The Hawai‘i Emergency...

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2000’s HIEMA Photographs

September 29, 2025

BURNING CONTROL-A Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter fights the fire over Waipio Gentry in June. Ken Ige, Honolulu Star-Bulletin photo "H2O FREEWAY - The temporary bypass road to the North Shore of Oahu was affectionately call the H20...

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1990’s HIEMA Photographs

September 25, 2025

Brian S. Yanagi Leighton Ah Cook (Pictures from the 1990 April – June Pūpūkahi) Updated Civil Defense warnings published in 1991 telephone directories (Picture from the 1991 January – March Pūpūkahi) Satellite photo, taken July 1978, shows Hurricanes Fico and...

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1980’s HIEMA Photographs

September 25, 2025

Civil Defense officials meet to plan and determine agency responses to disaster situations. (Pictures from the 1980 Annual Report) Robert E. Schank (Picture from the 1980 September Pūpūkahi) CD's B'wig .................. Page 5 (Picture from the 1981 Spring Pūpūkahi) Frank...

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1970’s HIEMA Photographs

September 25, 2025

(Picture from the 1970 Annual Report) Mr. John N. Butchart Vice Director of Civil Defense Star-Bulletin reporter Lyle Nelson received a Federal CD award for outstanding support of CD programs. (Pictures from the 1971 Annual Report) (Picture from the 1973...

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