• Taps: Harley Ching

    Taps: Harley Ching

    Harley Wee Fat Ching, 81, of Kula, Maui, a retired Kula Hospital building and grounds maintenance supervisor and an Army National Guard and Army Reserve veteran, passed away on August […]

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  • My Back Pages: Christopher Ventura

    My Back Pages: Christopher Ventura

    This photo shows the then Specialist Christopher Ventura as part of the 25th Infantry Division Band.  The photo appeared in the Honolulu Star Bulletin on May 11, 1992, promoting the […]

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  • Taps: Ray Nakamura

    Taps: Ray Nakamura

    Ray Kiyoshi Nakamura, 78, of Hilo, a retired carpet layer and a veteran of the Army and Hawai‘i Army National Guard, passed away on July 13, 2013. He was born […]

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  • Taps: William Heilbron

    Taps: William Heilbron

    William F. Heilbron, 82, of Kāne‘ohe, a business owner and Air National Guard veteran, passed away on July 2, 2013. He was born in Hawai‘i. He is survived by sons […]

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  • Taps: Dominador Abregano

    Taps: Dominador Abregano

    Dominador Don Pamat Abregano, 87, of Pearl City, passed away June 28, 2013 in Honolulu. Born October 22, 1925 in Hakalau, Hawai‘i. Dominador was a retired staff sergeant from the […]

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  • Checking Out Old Photos

    Checking Out Old Photos

    The Hawai‘i Air National Guard featured a Hawaiian musical group called the HANG Ohana.  The musicians and dancers evolved over the years, but they entertained at organization events to everyone’s […]

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  • Taps: Joseph M. Lopez

    Taps: Joseph M. Lopez

    Joseph M. Lopez, also known as “Myboy” and “Papa Joe,” 72, of Hilo, a retired Hawai‘i Electric Light Co. machinist and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on […]

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  • Retiree Update

    Retiree Update

    The  Hawai‘i Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT) recently named Brig Gen Stanley Osserman as their new director. Managed by High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), HCATT has organized public/private partnerships between […]

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  • Exercise Balm Begins

    Exercise Balm Begins

    PASIR LABA CAMP, Singapore – Members of both U.S. and Singapore forces continued a 32-year tradition Monday with the opening of the annual two-week wartime simulation exercise “Tiger Balm” at […]

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  • Taps: Gerald C.L. Ching

    Taps: Gerald C.L. Ching

    Gerald C.L. Ching, 76, of Pukalani, Maui, passed away June 25, 2013 in Maui. Born February 27, 1937 in Kula, Maui. He retired from Hawai‘i National Guard. He was in […]

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  • Retiree Update

    Retiree Update

    If you didn’t see it, the July 14, 2013 Star Advertiser featured an article interviewing Ray Starling. Ray served in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard from 1987 through 1991. He went […]

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  • Checking Out Old Photos

    Checking Out Old Photos

    Ted Merrill was the 154th Wing’s historian in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard.  He sent in a DVD with a lot of HIANG historical material.  Here’s a photo from that DVD. From […]

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