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Check Six – 1980s: PTA Training

April 4, 2014

In the mid 80s, the Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1 Battalion, 299th Infantry (Maui) were training at the Pohakuloa Training Area when this photograph was taken. click on photograph to enlarge MAJ Thomas E. Weeks, LTC Edward R. Cruickshank (Cdr),...

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Check Six: 1983 Fort Lewis Training

March 28, 2014

The Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1 Battalion-299 Infantry (Maui) went to Fort Lewis, Washington for training in September 1983. With Mount Rainer in the background, some of the soldiers took time to have a photograph taken. TOP: MAJ George T....

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Update: Team 808

February 24, 2014

Our Hawai‘i Army and Air National Guard members on statutory tours at the National Guard Bureau have formed Team 808.  Team 808 members get together periodically to keep the Aloha Spirit alive.  Their social events often include visiting Hawaii National...

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Check Six: New Fighter Facilities

February 21, 2014

Last week, your webmaster visited the Hawai‘i Air National Guard facilities at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.  If you haven’t visited the fighter compound area in the last year or so, the amount of construction going on will overwhelm you.  All...

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Update: Michael Compton

January 23, 2014

Congratulations to Brig Gen Michael Compton on his new assignment at Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) as the Air National Guard Assistant to Commander, Pacific Air Forces. General Compton currently services as the Strategic Planning and Policy Mobilization Assistant, United States...

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Remembering Eddy Compoc

January 17, 2014

On January 17, 1994, TSgt Eddy Compoc died during a Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) Fun Run at Bellows AFS. Eddy enlisted and spent 10 years on active duty with the Air Force.  He joined the HIANG as a staff...

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The Royal Guard at 50

December 27, 2013

The Royal Guard celebrated its 50th anniversary on November 16, 2013.  To commemorate the event, unit members recently posed for photos at Iolani Palace.  From the left. Noah Keaulii, Dwayne Lim, Ryan Schrieiner, Darrell Bactad, Franklin Ho, Maj. Gen. Darryll...

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HIANG at ANGRC

December 13, 2013

Greetings This year the air National Guard Readiness Center (ANGRC) hosted a Christmas Around the World Event on 12 December 2013. The event highlighted the multi-ethnic cuisine represented by the diverse members of the ANGRC. The Asian/Pacific Islander region was...

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Check Six – 1986: 1984 OCS Graduation

October 24, 2013

The photo above was taken at the 1984 Hawai‘i Army National Guard Officer Candidate School graduation. From left to right: Colonel Irwin Cockett, the Hawai‘i Army National Guard commander, Second Lieutenants John Kakazu, Kent Tsutsumi, Stephen Logan, Major General Alexis Lum,...

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The Hara Family

October 17, 2013

CPT Gary Hara administers the oath of enlistment to Kenneth. In the background, Dennis, LTC Henry Hara, mother Janet, and Larry In this photo taken on May 4, 1984, then Captain Gary Hara administers the enlistment oath to his youngest...

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