History

Check Six: a pilot’s term meaning look behind you. Twenty years ago today, the 201st Combat Commutations Group hosted a retirement party of Lt Col Roy Matsumura.  Roy retired as the Group’s Director of Logistics.  Earlier in his career he...

F-4 crews at Williams AFB This 1984 photograph shows maintenance personnel in a deployed location.  Two other photographs during this deployment were posted earlier in the e-newsletter version on Retiree News. Does anyone remember the deployment location where this photo was...

CMSgt Raquel Ramos submits reports and photographs of the activities of Hawai‘i National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. This group, known as Team 808, has activities where the Hawai‘i...

Check Six: a pilot’s term meaning look behind you. At the table from the left: Nick Teves, Lloyd Seki, Sancho Espina, Nelson “Nellie” Lee, unknown Back row from the left: David Rodrigues, Mamaru “Mamo” Minami, unknown, Wallace Whang, George Padilla,...

Marasbaras National High School in Tacloban City, Philippines, sustained heavy damage when Typhoon Hai­yan struck late last year. Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers and Guam National Guard soldiers and airmen will deploy by the end of June to help local...

CMSgt Raquel Ramos submits reports and photographs of the activities of Hawai‘i National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. This group, known as Team 808, has activities where the Hawai‘i...

Three Active Duty and Air National Guard fighters units rotated jets on routine theater security packages to bolster Pacific Air Forces in the Asia-Pacific region. Ten F-15E Strike Eagles from the 366th Fighter Wing left Mountain Home AFB, Mont., bound...

About 125 Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers will return home later this week from nine months of duty in Afghanistan, the National Guard said. B Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, out of Wheeler Army Airfield, deployed with 10 CH-47 Chinook...

The Hawai‘i Army and Air National Guard have a rich history of achievements and milestones. Hawai‘i Army and Air National Guard units and individual members were part of many historic events and firsts. Through the years in newsletters, annual reports,...

This is the first of a series of articles by Stephen Lum entitled My Back Pages. Steve retired from the Hawai‘i Army National Guard and continues to work in the State Department of Defense’s public affairs office. His had worked on annual...