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Exercise Vigilant Guard / Makani Pāhili (VG/MP15) was a series of joint training exercises conducted in Hawaiʻi to enhance disaster response capabilities across local, state, and federal agencies. These exercises ...
Read More Check Six: Strengthening Disaster Response: 10 years after Exercise Vigilant Guard / Makani Pāhili  2015

2025 Memorial Day

Posted on May 26, 2025 in Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, we honor the Guardsmen who gave everything. Across generations, members of the Hawaii National Guard have stood ready — at home and overseas — answering the ...
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Sixty five years ago, an electric clock at radio station KIMO, perched at the edge of Hilo Bay, froze at precisely 1:06 a.m. when disaster struck. On May 23, 1960, ...
Read More Check Six: When the Sea Came for Hilo: The Guardsmen Held the Line

The establishment of the Hawaii Naval Militia in 1915 marked a significant, albeit short-lived, development in the evolution of territorial military forces in the Hawaiian Islands during the early twentieth ...
Read More Check Six: Guardsmen of the Sea: The Rise and Fall of Hawaii’s Naval Militia

Exercise Tiger Balm 2025

Posted on May 20, 2025 in 2020's, History

U.S. Army Pacific announces its participation in Exercise Tiger Balm, a bilateral exercise with the Singapore Army, taking place from May 5-16, 2025. Exercise Tiger Balm focuses on strengthening our ...
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TAPS: Justice Faagai Tanoa

Posted on May 14, 2025 in Taps

WHO: SSG TANOA, JUSTICE FAAGAI WHAT: Service and Full Honors WHERE: St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, 720 N King St, Honolulu, HI 96817 WHEN: 3 JUN 2025 Visitation and Service: St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church ...
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HAWAII, UNITED STATES 05.04.2025 Story by Sgt. 1st Class Lani Pascual 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) Against the backdrop of lush hills and dense foliage on Bellows Air Force Base ...
Read More Hawai’i Army National Guard Identifies Top Soldiers with Best Warrior Competition