Ceremonies (Change of Commands, Retirements, Promotions, etc.)

From the @HawaiiTAG Twitter feed Photographs from Gregory “Woody” Woodrow’s pinning ceremony at Washington Place. Governor David Ige and his wife were present with Brigadier General Ryan Okahara presiding over the pinning ceremony. Checkout the photographs

Maj. Gen. Gary Hara spent most of that time with the Hawaii Guard, but since June of 2013 has been deputy commanding general for National Guard affairs at Fort Shafter, U.S. Army Pacific said. A “Flying V” ceremony will be...

Hawaii Air National Guard photo Lt. Col. Ryan Endo, Lt. Col. James Faumina, Lt. Col. Jamie Jicha and Lt. Col. Stuart Thompson from the 154th Medical Group pose together during their joint promotion and pinning ceremony, January 10, 2016, Joint...

Off Governor Ige’s Facebook page. On December 15, I had the honor of participating in a rare double-pinning ceremony for the Hawaii Army National Guard - including pinning of the first woman of native Hawaiian ancestry to become a general in the...

State DOD Team, It's a great day and month to be in the State Department of Defense, Hawaii National Guard. We just congratulated BG Kenneth Hara, and now we have another brigadier general in the Hawaii National Guard. His promotion...

click on photographs to enlarge Special thanks to Contributing Editor Stephen Lum who shared these photographs

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard received an honor from the Hawaii Army National Guard Monday. The Hawaii representative was promoted from captain to major at a ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Continue reading

Major Jeffrey Hickman forwarded this link to photographs taken the Hawai‘i Army National Guard change of command posted on Flickr. Jeff continues as the commander of the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. Mahalo to his Soldiers who took these great photographs....

Maj Gen Arthur “Joe” Logan presided over a Change of Command for the Hawai‘i Army National Guard yesterday. Brig Gen Bruce Oliveira relinquished command to BG Keith Tamashiro at the 29th Brigade Combat Team's Readiness Center in Kalaeloa. Among the...

Governor David Y. Ige hosted a ceremony yesterday for Brigadier General Arthur “Joe” Logan promoting him to the rank of Major General. The ceremony was held at Washington Place and there was a reception following to the pinning. In attendance...