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Contributing Editor Stephen Lum submitted this old photograph for posting. This photograph is from 1985 and show a very young 2LT Gary Littlefield. If you know the names of the other soldiers in the photograph, email Retiree News so we...

Left to right: Paul Putzulu, State Fusion Center; Maj Gen Arthur “Joe” Logan, Adjutant General, Connie Lau, President and CEO, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Stephen M. McMenamin, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Hawaiian Electric Industries Hawaiian Electric Company and...

A 22-year-old citizen-soldier from Hawaii “crushed” the competition at the 2015 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Williams, Utah, the Hawaii National Guard said. Specialist Cruser Barnes, a University of Hawaii-Manoa kinesiology student and scout with Troop A,...

The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the June 1995 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Unit designations and ranks are as they were in 1995. Three 154th Support Group members met their promotions boards during...

This is the program Kai Kahele (HIANG C-17 pilot and Hawaiian Air captain) and his father Senator Gilbert Kahele were advocating. The school will offer courses that Guardmembers can parallel their military training and receive a degree. The Guard could also...

A F-22 Raptor, from the 199th Fighter Squadron, increases altitude shortly after taking off from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 6, 2015. Pilots of the F-22 from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron and the 19th Fighter...

Last week, Retiree News posted a photograph of the 120th Military Police Company, Hawaii Army National Guard.  Over the weekend, a unit member emailed his memories of the unit and a historic event. My name is Solomon Aleka Jr. I...

Contributing editor, Stephen Lum sent in this old photograph for posting in Retiree News. “I found this photograph in a stack of old prints. It is a unit photograph of the 120th Military Policy Company, Hawai‘i Army National Guard. The...

The Adjutant General’s Facebook page posted over 30 photographs of the TAG/DAG confirmation. Featured in several photographs is Mrs. Momi Lum, the widow of Major General Alexis Lum, the former Adjutant General. There is a photograph of Leonard “Lon” Paresa, a retired...

The Hawaii State Senate held the confirmation floor vote for Brigadier General Arthur “Joe” Logan as the Adjutant General and Colonel Kenneth Hara as the Deputy Adjutant General this afternoon. All state senators present and the vote on their confirmations...