2026
2025 Launa‘ole Awards
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...
Read MoreHIARNG WWII Soldiers Honored
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....
Read MoreChange of Command Troop C, 1-299th Cavalry Regiment
The Commander, 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick J. Werner cordially invites you to a Change of Command Ceremony between CPT Ryan G. Cowherd and CPT Jordan K. Linnell on Saturday, the first day of February two-thousand twenty-six at...
Read MoreMission Complete – 1st Det, A Co, 3-140th Return Home
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...
Read MoreNearly 40 years of service; Chief Costa leaves lasting legacy with HIANG
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...
Read MoreDid you Know: The Hawaii Guardsman
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
Read More2026 Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Joint Forces Headquarters Change of Responsibility Ceremony
Major Alika K. Kuamoo, Commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Joint Forces Headquarters cordially invites you to attend the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Joint Force Headquarters Change of Responsibility at which First Sergeant John P. Balmonte relinquishes responsibility to...
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