History

Major Edward R. Cruickshank, Commander of the 1st Battalion, 299th Infantry, Hawaii Army National Guard, observes the entry of 25th Infantry Division Orange Forces into the city, as they advance ...
Read More Check Six: Team Spirit 84 – 33 years ago

The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the June 1997 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Unit designations and ranks are as they were ...
Read More Check Six – June 1997: 154th Support Group Training Bulletin

Hawaii Military Academy’s 1990 Officer Candidate School graduates show off their hardware with the adjutant general. From the left are new second lieutenants Lance T. Stevens, Gwen Lebourdais, Wesley H. ...
Read More Check Six: 1990 HMA Graduation – 27 years ago

U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew L. Jackson

Balikatan 2017

Posted on May 20, 2017 in 2010's, History

Members of Hawaii National Guard and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, 525th Engineers, partners in the National Guard’s State Partnership Program, construct a split sole wall shore during a ...
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In the photograph, L-R: Darren Camara, Yolanda Mindigorian, James Puu and James Andrade. Maintenance control was in the 2nd floor of the maintenance building, right above the engine shop. It ...
Read More Check Six: Maintenance Control in the 70s/80s

This photograph shows then Lt Dave Snakenberg presenting a F-4C Phantom over Diamond Head picture to a Marine Corps officer. This was party at the end of the 1985 Gun ...
Read More 1985 F-4 Gun Firing – 32 years ago

During a Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics (DACT) Exercise over the Hawaiian islands, members of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, prepare their KC-135 for refueling missions for ...
Read More Check Six – 1998: 203 ARS Mission

Colonel Donald Oura, Commander, 29th Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard left, and Major Joseph Chavez discuss troop movements during the joint U.S./South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT ’85. Oura is acting ...
Read More Check Six: Team Spirit 1985 – 32 years ago

Special thanks to Stephen Lum for shared this photograph from COL Donald Oura’s photo albums. Colonel Oura was the 29th Infantry Brigade commander in t he 1980s. Captain Joseph Chaves ...
Read More Check Six: 1983 Tiger Balm – 34 years ago

Tom Kato and David Snakenberg at the 1985 Gun Firing Camp at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station. Operations ran out of tents. The 154th Composite Group flew F-4C Phantoms at ...
Read More Check Six: 1985 Gun Firing – 32 years ago