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Air Force Brig. Gen. Phillip L. Mallory, Hawaii Air National Guard commander and Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Buendia, Headquarters Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting Flight commander, unfurl the Headquarters Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention Flight guidon during...

Brig. Gen. Phillip L. Mallory (left), Hawaiʻi National Guard deputy adjutant general, stands alongside Maj. Gen. Iwan Bambang S., S.I.P., commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces Peacekeeping Center (PMPP TNI), during the opening ceremony of Exercise Garuda Canti Dharma III...

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dustin Frey, 154th Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, presents and reviews hook and line equipment to the Indonesian Air Force EOD on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 21, 2026. Hawaii National Guard service members...

Indonesian military leaders, U.S. Pacific Command representatives and members of the Hawaiʻi National Guard delegation pose for a group photo in front of the National Monument (Monas) following a static display of riot control equipment (PHH) hosted by Kodam Jaya/Jayakarta...

Cpt. Dusty McCormick, a Survey Team Leader from the 93rd Civil Support Team (93rd CST), Hawaiʻi National Guard briefs members of the Hawaiʻi Island Fire Department about the nature of responding to a chemical, biological, nuclear explosive scene. The 93rd...

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 297th Engineer Detachment Firefighting Team, 103rd Troop Command, Hawaii Army National Guard and Air Force Reserve firefighters extinguish a Class B fuel fire during live-fire burn training in Kahului, Hawaii, June 5, 2026. The training,...

Soldiers with the Hawai'i National Guard conduct civil disturbance training at the 29th Readiness Center, Kalaeloa, Hawaiʻi, on March 20, 2026. The training, where soldiers acted as both protesters and responders, is part of an effort to meet updated federal...

In a recent episode of the Na Koa Exchange, host Jeff Hickman, State of Hawai‘i Department of Defense Public Affairs director, brought together three voices tied to the Hawaiʻi Royal Guard to discuss its origins, evolution and continuing role as...

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Christopher Pacheco, left, senior mechanic and standardization instructor assigned to the Hawaii Army National Guard; Philippine Air Force Lt. Col. John Paul Delgado, center, commander of the 210th Tactical Training Squadron; and U.S. Army Maj. John...

Staff Sgt John Casison 297th Combat Air Operations Squadron, Radar, Airfield & Weather Systems technician, erects ground-to-air radio frequency antenna at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, April 9, 2026. Practicing these skills helped the airmen demonstrate their ability to support...