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 ...
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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 ...
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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
