History

Joint and multilateral personnel pose for a group photo at a Staff Exercise during Super Garuda Shield 25 in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 1, 2025. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. Military...

Senior Airman Cathleen Drake, 154th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management specialist, dons personal protective equipment during exercise Toxic Swell Aug. 21, 2025, at Marine Corps Training Area, Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii. The exercise strengthened chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear...

The Hawaiʻi Army National Guard (HIARNG) Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Academy was formally established in September 1970 to fill a longstanding need for a structured, in-house program to train and develop the Guard’s NCO corps. Initially, the course was conceived as...

Since the launch of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) in 2014 which was aimed at defeating ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the Hawai‘i National Guard (HING) has contributed to the multinational campaign with multiple deployments. Units from both the Hawai‘i Air...

Soldiers of the 1950th Contingency Contracting Team (1950th CCT) stand proudly after receiving the Army Commendation Medal from Maj. Robert Frank at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait during Operation Spartan Shield. Pictured left to right: Mr. Kit Ariyat (Contracting Deputy), Staff Sgt....

In August 1950, torrential rains unleashed a devastating flash flood upon the town of Waimea on the island of Kauaʻi. Swollen by days of relentless downpour, the Waimea River surged beyond its banks, cutting off the town from the rest...

Photo curtsey of MSgt (ret) Darrell Bactad Early practice days for the Hawaii Air National Guard Honor Guard Volunteer Team created in April 1999 by TSgt Thomas Chock, 154 LRS SSgt Wasada (LRS),  SSgt Bactad (LRS), TSgt Samson (293 CBCS),...

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Maritza Garcia, 154th Medical Group Detachment 1 medic and Tactical Combat Casualty Care instructor, evaluates Armed Forces of the Philippines students during a medical field training exercise May 29, 2025, at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines. The...

On July 9th, 2010, the skies over Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam shimmered with anticipation. Down on the flight line, a crowd gathered — Guardsmen, active-duty Airmen, state officials and families — awaiting the arrival of a sleek, unfamiliar silhouette in...

In the shadow of the jagged Korean mountains and in the cold of a brutal war far from home, three sons of Hawaiʻi answered the call with courage, sacrifice, and service that would define not only their own lives, but...