History

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Ronald Silva, Richard "Dickie" Sanders, and John "Saigon" Lee. Dickie was awarded his Master Air National Guard Recruiters Badge. Ron served many years in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard. His last...

Retiree News photograph This photograph shows Robert Lesher and Stanley Keolanui. They were attend the Hawai‘i Emergency Preparedness & Homeland Security Workshop hosted by then-State Civil Defense. The workshop was at the Hawaii Convention Center on October 21, 2013. Bob...

Hawaii Army National Guard photograph Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page The Hawai‘i National Guard delivered COVID-19 vaccines to HING members activated for the pandemic response, known as Operation New Hope on January 5, 2021. Vaccines were...

Retiree News photograph Joseph Kim's brigadier general promotion ceremony was on January 8, 2010. It was held at the Governor's Ceremonial Room at the State Capitol. Among the many guests that day were Clinton "Church" Churchill, James "Bat" Drake, Michael...

Retiree News photograph The State Department of Defense once held Awards and Retirement luncheons twice a year. These luncheons recognized retiring Federal and state employees. Current employees who achieved 10, 20, 30 or more years of longevity received service awards....

Retiree News photograph Jun Arconado served as the recruiter for the 292nd Combat Communications Squadron (292 CBCS) on Maui. After many years of service, he decided to move to the Northwest to pursue new opportunities.  On October 25, 2002, the Hawai‘i...

Retiree News photograph Retired General Erik Shinseki visited the Hawaii National Guard headquarters on October 2, 2007. He had retired as the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army in August 2003. His military career began as a second lieutenant graduating from...

Retiree News photograph The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) held a Summer Bash fund raiser at the now closed Pipeline Cafe in Kakaako. There was a sellout crowd at the event on August 27, 2006. Among the attendees were Taison...

Stanley "Ossum" Osserman's effective date of promotion to brigadier general was September 13, 2008. Governor Linda Lingle officiated his promotion ceremony in the governor's ceremonial room on October 20, 2008. After his military retirement in 2014, He became the Director...

For several years, the then-154th Support Group had a monthly training bulletin. It covered national and local topics of interest, promotion lists and some fun topics. The link below takes you to the: 2000 12 Support Group Training BulletinDownload