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

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, Hawaii’s Adjutant General, received the Defense Superior Service Medal yesterday in a very small, socially distanced, ceremony. The ...
Read More MG Hara Awarded Defense Superior Service Medal

Off the Hawaii Army National Guard Retention Facebook page Here’s a quick recap from Friday’s change of command ceremony for Hawaii’s Own Recruiting and Retention Battalion. Big Mahalo to LTC ...
Read More Recruiting and Retention Battalion Change of Command

Off the Hawaii Army National Guard Recruiting Facebook page Congratulations to Edward Correa IV!! Following the family tradition and enlisting into the Hawaii Army National Guard. His family tradition runs deep. ...
Read More Another HIARNG Third Generation Guardmember

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page On May 1, 2020. Brig. Gen. Joseph Harris II become the commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard. The general came here about five ...
Read More New HIANG Commander: Brig. Gen. Joseph Harris II

Maj Gen Kenneth Hara and his wife, Myong, pinned their son, Justin with his gold bars on May 15, 2020. The ceremony took place in the State Department of Defense conference room. Justin’s uncle, ...
Read More Third Generation Guardmember Commissioned

Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page Hawai’i Army National Guard Soldiers, family, and friends attend the 298th Regional Training Institute Change of Command Ceremony at the 298th ...
Read More 298 RTI Change of Command

Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page A socially distanced promotion ceremony was held for Janet G. Lundberg from the rank of Lt. Col. to Colonel, July 10, ...
Read More LTC Lundberg Promoted to Colonel

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page The Hawai‘i Air National Guard would like to congratulate and welcome back our newest 2nd Lieutenants from officer training school. Over the ...
Read More HIANG’s Newest Lieutenants

Neal Mitsuyoshi was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in a socially distanced ceremony in the Governor’s ceremonial chambers on June 15, 2020. Brig. Gen. Mitsuyoshi will be taking ...
Read More Neal Mitsuyoshi Promoted to Brigadier General

Off the Lava Brigade Facebook page Newly promoted Sergeant Crystal Fujimoto poses for a photo with her family during her promotion ceremony held February 22, 2020, at the Hawai‘i Army National Guard’s Readiness Center ...
Read More HIARNG’s Newest Sergeant