Exercise Vigilant Guard / Makani Pāhili (VG/MP15) was a series of joint training exercises conducted in Hawaiʻi to enhance disaster response capabilities across local, state, and federal agencies. These exercises ...
Read More Check Six: Strengthening Disaster Response: 10 years after Exercise Vigilant Guard / Makani Pāhili 2015
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Sixty five years ago, an electric clock at radio station KIMO, perched at the edge of Hilo Bay, froze at precisely 1:06 a.m. when disaster struck. On May 23, 1960, ...
Read More Check Six: When the Sea Came for Hilo: The Guardsmen Held the Line
The establishment of the Hawaii Naval Militia in 1915 marked a significant, albeit short-lived, development in the evolution of territorial military forces in the Hawaiian Islands during the early twentieth ...
Read More Check Six: Guardsmen of the Sea: The Rise and Fall of Hawaii’s Naval Militia
Ten years ago today, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal. In response to the disaster, the Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) deployed personnel and resources to assist with humanitarian ...
Read More Check Six: 2015 Nepal Earthquake Response
Five years ago on April 6th the Hawai‘i National Guard’s Joint Task Force (HING JTF) was activated, to assist the state in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, the task force ...
Read More Check Six: COVID-19 Joint Task Force
Happy 55th Birthday to the 230th Engineer Detachment, Hawaii Army National Guard! Today, we celebrate a remarkable 55 years of service, dedication, and excellence. Originally designated the 298th Engineer Detachment ...
Read More Check Six: 230th Engineer Detachment
A Tribute to Hawaii Army National Guard Vietnam Veterans The morning of April 11, 1968, dawned like any other on the islands. Yet a headline in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin would ...
Read More A Call to Duty: The 1968 Activation of the 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii National Guard
A Tribute to Hawaii National Guard Vietnam Veterans Fifty-seven years ago in the summer of 1968, the United States was deeply involved in the conflict in Southeast Asia. With air ...
Read More Palace Alert: The Guardians of the Skies
National Medal of Honor Day, a U.S. federal observance, is celebrated annually on March 25th to honor the heroism and sacrifice of Medal of Honor recipients. The Medal of Honor is the ...
Read More Hawaii National Guardsmen Remembered for Displaying Extraordinary Heroism
30 years ago in March 1995, pilots from the 199th Fighter Squadron assisted in rescuing three civilians whose twin-engine plane was about to ditch in the ocean 120 miles north ...
Read More Check Six: 1995 Civilian Aircraft Rescue
