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1940-1946 Federal Service

January 2, 2025

1940-1946 The Hawaiʻi National Guard's is Federalized for World War II As tensions grew in Europe and the Pacific, President Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilized the nation’s citizen-soldiers. Executive Order No. 8551 (Sept. 25, 1940) called the Hawaiʻi National Guard into...

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1930 S. S. City of Honolulu Fire

January 2, 2025

14, During the fiscal year the Hawaii NationaI Guard did not engage in any active duty. Appoximently 60 guardsmen responded to the call of The Adjutant General to assist fighting fire on the s. s. City of Honolulu. These Guardsmen acted as relief fireman,...

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1916-1919 Federal Service

January 2, 2025

During World War I, the military forces of the Territory of Hawaiʻi underwent significant transformation as they adapted to federal control, internal economic pressures and evolving strategic priorities. The Hawaiʻi National Guard (HING) entered this period following the National Defense...

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1915-1918 Naval Militia

January 2, 2025

Naval Militia 1915 - 1918 During these intensive activities of recruitment and expansion of the Guard, another organization to demand some of the manpower of the Territory had been authorized and was now being brought into being. During the legislative...

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1899-1900 Chinatown Plague and Fire

January 2, 2025

Plague During the Bubonic Plague 1/20/1900Refugee at the Kawaihao Church grounds Chinatown- Nuuanu and Hotel St.January 1900 during the bubonic plague Photo taken for the Board of Health during the epidemic of bubonic plague, 1900, ChinatownS. Nishi- Nuuanu near Beretania...

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1890’s Companies of the National Guard of Hawaii

January 2, 2025

Company A Col. Soper and Staff. Left to right- Standing - J.W. Pratt, Dr. C.B. Cooper, W.W. Hall, A. Gartenberg. Sitting - J.H.Fisher, Col. J.H. Soper and G.F. McLeod (Picture from Hawaii State Archives) Officers of Company A. Left to...

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1857 – 1890 Honolulu Rifles

January 2, 2025

28 FEB 1857 - 12 SEP 1873 The men who had belonged to the 1st Hawaiian Guard decided that the only way they had of insuring their own safety was to form a new volunteer company. During the early part...

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Pane Mai Question: 12/30/2024 “Plausible Deniability?”

January 2, 2025

Question for TAG What are your thoughts on plausible deniability? Does leadership practice plausible deniability to turn a blind eye to officers or other senior leadership due to fraud, waste and abuse, infidelity, etc. If officer in question is someone...

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Pane Mai Question: 12/20/2024 “HING Incentives”

December 30, 2024

Question for the CSEL HING CMD Team, What Incentives for HING members are being considered/ developed to retain quality Soldiers/Airmen in the HING. Only current HING specific incentives are tax break, and STAP. There is also the vehicle registration but...

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