History

U.S. Soldiers of the 1st Detachment, Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, 103rd Troop Command, Hawaii Army National Guard participate in their welcome home ceremony, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Jan. 17, 2026. The Soldiers returned home after a 13-month...

Chief Master Sgt. Richard Costa looks at his retirement shadow box during a retirement ceremony held on his behalf Jan. 10, 2026 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Costa retired after nearly 40 years of service in the Hawaii Air...

Unit guidons and organizational colors are displayed during a 103rd Troop Command (103rd TC) change of responsibility ceremony in Pearl City, Hawaii, Jan. 11, 2026. The ceremony marked the formal transition of senior enlisted leadership within the 103rd TC, Hawaii...

From left, U.S. Army Warrant Officer Clement K. Zhang, incoming commander of the 111th Army Band (111 AB), Col. Phoebe P. Inigo, commander of 103rd Troop Command, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Curtis Y. Hiyane, outgoing commander of the (111...

“The Torpedo Gang” — (Front row, left to right) George Taketa, Yoshio Ogomori, Shigeru Ushijima, Haruo Yamashita, (back row) Shizuo Toma, John R. Souza and Takimaru Takamoto. The torpedoing and sinking of the U.S. Army transport Royal T. Frank on...

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roy J. Macaraeg, the Senior Military Advisor for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Military Personnel and Quality of Life, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Manpower & Reserve Affairs (ASA M&RA), receives a gift from...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsMVUZpBQ78 From training and operations to disaster response and community engagement, 2025 was a year of service, readiness and commitment to Hawaiʻi and the nation. This slideshow captures moments from across the Hawaiʻi Army National Guard, Hawaiʻi Air National Guard,...

Members of the Hawaiʻi National Guard joined first responders in spreading holiday cheer during the 9th annual Heroes and Helpers event, held Dec. 6, 2025, at the Target store in Hilo. The community-focused initiative provided 50 disadvantaged keiki with 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...