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IN ARIZONA: Lt Col William H. Barnett, 2nd Bn., Advisor; Lt Col George S. McEldowney, 2nd Bn., Commander and Brig Gen Francis S. Takemoto, Commander, 29th Infantry Brigade. Francis Shigeo Takemoto became the first Japanese American to achieve the rank...

John (Johnny) Punualiʻi Naumu, was a professional football player who played the halfback position and was a Hawai’i Guardsman. He was born on Sept. 30, 1919, in Honolulu, Hawai’I but was raised on Molokai. Naumu was one of 12 children....

Did you know the Hawaiʻi's National Guard has had Olympians in it’s ranks? Master Sgt. John H. Beaumont competed in the 25-meter pistol event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and finished in seventh place. Capt. Thomas A....

Following the 1991 Gulf War, coalition forces established no-fly zones over Iraq to limit Saddam Hussein’s ability to threaten regional stability. The Hawaiʻi Air National Guard (HIANG) played a key role in enforcing these mandates through multiple deployments to the...

July 1941: Company G, 298th Infantry Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Eighty-five years ago, on Oct. 15, 1940, the Hawaiʻi National Guard’s 298th and 299th Infantry Regiments marched into Schofield Barracks under new orders from President Franklin Roosevelt. What began as a...

The Hawaiʻi Army National Guard (HIARNG) Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Academy was formally established in September 1970 to fill a longstanding need for a structured, in-house program to train and develop the Guard’s NCO corps. Initially, the course was conceived as...

Since the launch of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) in 2014 which was aimed at defeating ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the Hawai‘i National Guard (HING) has contributed to the multinational campaign with multiple deployments. Units from both the Hawai‘i Air...

Soldiers of the 1950th Contingency Contracting Team (1950th CCT) stand proudly after receiving the Army Commendation Medal from Maj. Robert Frank at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait during Operation Spartan Shield. Pictured left to right: Mr. Kit Ariyat (Contracting Deputy), Staff Sgt....

In August 1950, torrential rains unleashed a devastating flash flood upon the town of Waimea on the island of Kauaʻi. Swollen by days of relentless downpour, the Waimea River surged beyond its banks, cutting off the town from the rest...

Photo curtsey of MSgt (ret) Darrell Bactad Early practice days for the Hawaii Air National Guard Honor Guard Volunteer Team created in April 1999 by TSgt Thomas Chock, 154 LRS SSgt Wasada (LRS),  SSgt Bactad (LRS), TSgt Samson (293 CBCS),...