April 2013

Albert Lauro, 74, of Waipahu, formerly of Hawai‘i Island, a retired carpenter and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 13, 2013. He was born in Pa‘auilo, Hawai‘i. He is survived by son Albert Jr.; daughters Roxanne...

Ernest “Outlaw” Silva, also known as Ernest DeSilva, 77, of Hilo, a former Hilo Country Club groundskeeper and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 26, 2013. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by half...

John “Sonny” Kaiewe Jr., 83, of Hilo, a retired U.S. Department of the Interior resource management specialist at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and a veteran of the Army and Hawai‘i Army National Guard, passed away on April 20, 2013. He...

Shigeru “Shige” Fujimoto, 88, of Honoka‘a, Hawai‘i, a retired Hāmākua Sugar Co. journeyman welder, Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree and an Army veteran who served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Battalion, Company B, during World War II, April...

CMSgt Denise Jelinski-Hall who serves as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau is in Hawai‘i. She is here with Gen. Frank J. Grass, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, She met Hawai‘i Air National...

Hawai‘i Army National Guard's search and extraction experts return to Subic Bay to help their Philippine counterparts prepare for and participate in Balikatan 2013.  More at http://tinyurl.com/cjyhnu9 Video and story by TSgt Andrew Jackson, HIANG.

Gen. Frank J. Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, is visiting the Hawai‘i National Guard this week.  Traveling with Gen. Grass is CMSgt Denise Jelinski-Hall who serves as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard...

Arthur Mitchell “Aka” Mahi, 79, of Kalaoa, Hawai‘i, a retired Hawaiian Dredging Co. laborer and Isemoto Construction Co. employee, passed away on March 23, 2013. He was also an Army and Hawai‘i National Guard veteran who served during the Korean...

Clement Kahoonei Kaonohi, 76, of Kailua, a retired Honolulu Police Department lieutenant and a National Guard veteran, passed away on March 19, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Isabelle; son Clement “Kahi” Jr.; daughters Tammy-Lynn...

F-22s flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard's 199th Fighter Squadron and the active duty air force's 19th Fighter Squadron complete a record number of sorties. A total of 46 sorties were completed in one day with a 14 plane...