Year: 2026

Celebrating those who lead, inspire, and elevate the force. 🌺 The 2025 Launa‘ole Awards honor the Hawaii Air National Guard’s best and brightest — our Airmen, our teams, and our ʻohana — recognizing outstanding performance “beyond comparison.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vid9lKWbPkc ✨ Congratulations…

Honoring a forgotten chapter of WWII history. The 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment, Hawaiʻi Army National Guard held a memorial unveiling ceremony remembering the Soldiers lost aboard the USAT Royal T. Frank, torpedoed on Jan. 28, 1942, while returning home from training.…

U.S. Soldiers of the 1st Detachment, Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, 103rd Troop Command, Hawaii Army National Guard participate in their welcome home ceremony, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Jan. 17, 2026. The Soldiers returned home after a 13-month…

Chief Master Sgt. Richard Costa looks at his retirement shadow box during a retirement ceremony held on his behalf Jan. 10, 2026 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Costa retired after nearly 40 years of service in the Hawaii Air…

The Hawaii Guardsman was a department wide newsletter that was started in 1950. It was a quarterly magazine that was published till 1973 when it was rebranded the Pūpūkahi. View the digital versions of the Hawaii guardsmen

Aloha Airmen and Soldiers of the Hawaii National Guard, HING achievements would not be possible without the continued excellence and service of the men and women of the HING. The Hawaii National Guard Association (HNGA) is looking for nominations to…

Unit guidons and organizational colors are displayed during a 103rd Troop Command (103rd TC) change of responsibility ceremony in Pearl City, Hawaii, Jan. 11, 2026. The ceremony marked the formal transition of senior enlisted leadership within the 103rd TC, Hawaii…

Dante (Onofre) Estabillo Guerpo, 76, of Honokaa died Dec. 3 at Queens North Hawaii Community Hospital. Born on April 26, 1949 in Santa Praxedes Cagayan, Philippines, he was a retired lead landscaper for Hilton Grand Vacations, cane truck driver for…