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Brig. Gen. John H. Soper was born on November 17, 1846 in Plymouth, England. He moved to the United States as a child and was educated in Chicago at the Illinois Normal School. In pursuit of new opportunities, he arrived...

2025 Jun PupukahiDownload CIVILIAN MILITARY PROGRAMS Associate’s medical career starts with poke of a needle By Ruben Duldulao | State of Hawai‘i Department of Defense Public Affairs Hawai‘i Job Challenge Academy Associate Jacob Evans draws blood from his mother, Yvette...

Company B 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group . . . Conducted 2019 annual training with WARTRACE unit in Groton, CT in July 2019. - 2020 Annual Report pp. 15 Hawai‘i National Guard participates in Vigilant Guard 2020 in Guam....

2010 In December 2009, Troop Command Soldiers participated in Exercise YAMA SAKURA 57 (Japanese for mountain cherry blossom) for the second straight year focusing on the development and refinement of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and U.S. Army Japan (USARJ) efforts...

STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE IAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE KA ʻOIHANA PILI KAUA STEPHEN F. LOGAN MAJOR GENERAL ADJUTANT GENERAL KA ʻAKUKANA KENELALA MEDIA ADVISORY MEDIA ADVISORY 2025-004 For Immediate Release May...

Military Spouse Appreciation Day, observed each year on the Friday before Mother’s Day, is a time to honor these remarkable individuals and their invaluable contributions to our military families and communities. First established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, this...

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Palace Alert by A1C Terry Koenig BRIGADIER GENERAL VALENTINE A. SIEFERMANN is flanked by the first two volunteers for "Palace Alert" Major Gerald Sada (left) and Major Jon Parrish. Majors Sada and Parrish are now flying missions out of Da...

When A Sleeping Giant Awakened, HI-DOD Stepped Up To Assist Story by Jill Matsumoto | HI-EMA | December 21, 2022 When A Sleeping Giant Awakened, HI-DOD Stepped Up To Assist (Picture from the 2022 Winter Pūpūkahi) On November 27, 2022,...

Hawaii National Guard supports 59th Presidential Inauguration State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, Public Affairs OfficeStory by Master Sgt. Andrew JacksonThursday, January 21, 2021 U.S. Army Soldiers with the Hawaii National Guard liaise with Virginia State Police to coordinate traffic...

Fort Ruger (Picture from the Hawaiʻi State Archives) Early Coastal Defense and the Establishment of Fort Ruger In the early 1900s, the United States began strengthening its coastal defense systems. In a 1905 address to Congress, President Theodore Roosevelt identified...

Hawaii Army National Guard unit makes history with C-RAM mission 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Martens | Thursday, June 13, 2019 Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara, commander Hawaii Army National Guard visits HARNG Soldiers with...