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 ...
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On July 9th, 2010, the skies over Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam shimmered with anticipation. Down on the flight line, a crowd gathered — Guardsmen, active-duty Airmen, state officials and families ...
Read More Check Six: “A New Era Takes Flight” – The Story of Hawai‘i’s F-22 Raptors
In the shadow of the jagged Korean mountains and in the cold of a brutal war far from home, three sons of Hawaiʻi answered the call with courage, sacrifice, and ...
Read More Check Six: Hawaiʻi’s Finest: Stories of Courage from the Korean War
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
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
