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

The Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) dedicated its new 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) Readiness Center in Kalaeloa on August 2, 2014. Governor Neil Abercrombie, Brigadier General Joseph Kim, the Deputy Adjutant General, and Brigadier General Bruce Oliveira, HIARNG...

On Thursday, July 17, 2014, Colonel Kenneth Hara, had the honor of administering the enlistment oath to his son, Justin. The ceremony was at the Honolulu Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai‘i. COL Hara administering the...

Happy Retirement Glenda! There was a retirement party for MSgt Glenda Buis at the Willows Restaurant. She will officially retire on October 31, 2014, but her last working day will be on July 31. But you will have a chance...

Steve Berg, a retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who served with the then 169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, provide these photographs to Retiree News. Special thanks to Steve for sharing these photographs The panoramic photo of the crowd...

Brigadier General Joseph Kim hosted the retirement ceremony for Brigadier General Stanley “Ossum” Osserman on July 13, 2014. The ceremony was in the new fighter operations compound at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. To view the program BG Osserman Program  Among the 500+...

On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Brigadier General Bruce Oliveira, Commander, Hawai‘i Army National Guard, hosted a Change of Command ceremony for the 103rd Troop Command.  During the ceremony, Colonel Paul Tamaribuchi relinquished command to Colonel Robert Lesher. The ceremony took...

The 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery will host an Armory Memorialization Ceremony to officially rename the Battalion’s Wahiawa Armory as the “COL Francis A. I. “Miki” Bowers Armory”. The renaming honors Colonel Bowers’ service and accomplishments throughout his 31-year career...

From the Adjutant General’s Facebook page. Colonel Keith Y. Tamashiro, Assistant Adjutant General and Director of the Joint Staff for the Hawaii National Guard, became Brigadier General Tamashiro yesterday at the State Capitol. See more http://t.co/FjCZBoZGMv

Brigadier General Bryan Suntheimer received his stars in a pinning ceremony in the Governor's Ceremonial Room on Friday, January 17, 2014.  Doing the honors were Governor Neil Abercrombie and his wife, Marisa Burgess-Suntheimer. The general's family members, Ashlee, Emily, Tyler...

Congratulations to Colonel Keith Tamashiro, who just received his Federal recognition for his promotion to brigadier general. Keith serves as the Assistant Adjutant General – Army, and the Director of the Joint Staff, Hawai‘i National Guard.  In civilian life, he works...