Awards

In 2001, the Launa’Ole – Above All Others awards were born. For the past 17 years, the Hawaii Air National Guard has held the Launa’Ole awards and our reputation continues to grow world-wide. Our nominees and award recipients and every...

From the ESGR Hawaii website HILO, Hawaii – Barry Taniguchi, president of KTA Superstores, was presented with a Patriot Award July 20, by Alan Subica, volunteer for the Hawaii Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Committee, in recognition of...

L-R: Christine Tanuvasa, Contract Administrator; Kristy Carpio, support staff; Stanley Osserman, HCATT Director; Rachel James, HCATT Project Manager; David Molinaro, Project Manager Early this year, the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) named the Hawaii Center for Advanced...

From left: Howard Sugai, ESGR public affairs director, Rob DeMello, KHON2 sports director, Cpl. Aven Santiago, 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Hawaii Army National Guard, Kristina Lockwood, KHON2 general manager. Employer support to Hawaii National Guardsmen is a key part...

From the ESGR Hawaii website L-R: Robert G.F. Lee, Terry Arimoto, Sheldon Fujiwara HONOLULU – Terry Amimoto from Department of Veterans Affairs was presented with a Patriot Award July 25, by Robert Lee, state chair for Hawaii Employer Support of the...

From the ESGR Hawaii website L-R: Kary Krohn, Byron Iha and Bridget Komine MILILANI, Hawaii – Times Supermarket Mililani supervisor Byron Iha received a Department of Defense Patrio Award June 22 in recognition of continued support provided to his employee, Sgt Genavi...

From the ESGR Hawaii website HILO, Hawaii - Patti Nishimoto, Waiakea High School resource coordinator, State of Hawaii Department of Education, received a Department of Defense Patriot Award on May 31, 2018, in recognition of her continued support provided to...

From the ESGR Hawaii website HILO, Hawaii - Gerald Takase, Hawaii County Liquor Commission supervisor, received a Department of Defense Patriot Award June 1, in recognition of his continued support provided to his employee, TSgt Nestor Cacho, Hawaii Air National...

From the U.S. Army website U.S. Army photograph Stretching across several tropical island sites, the Hawaii Army National Guard installation encompasses 1,300 total acres. Some locations are home to rare, threatened, and/or endangered ecosystems and species, which can make managing...

L-R: Donna Shimizu, Manuel Soco and Judith Tomas Judith Tomas, supervisor for Max’s Restaurant, Maui was presented with a Patriot Award December 11 in recognition of her continued support provided to Specialist Manuel Soco, a Hawaii Army National Guard soldier. ...