Tag: 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery (1-487FA)

Retiree News photograph There was a retirement celebration for the Hawai‘i National Guard's Senior Enlisted Leader, CMS Vern Nakasone on April 20, 2007. The celebration was held at the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Armory in Wahiawā. In the photograph…

Off the Hawaii Army National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Army National Guard photograph Congratulations to Sgt. Eric R. Binger, B Battery, 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery and Spc. Michael J. Makinano, HHB, 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery for winning the 2021 Hawaii…

Imagine this: Mom takes a trip to the commissary with her seven children. All of a sudden, Mom demands that everyone "Fall in," and immediately a straight lines forms, shortest to tallest. Sometimes there's a scuffle, things get a little…

Hawaii Army National Guard photograph by Sgt. John Schoebel Hawai‘i National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment return from their year long deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq, April 15, 2020, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The Soldiers arrived in…

Soldiers Returned to Hawai‘i After Deployment. The 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery return home yesterday from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 300 Soldiers arrived on a chartered flight from Fort Bliss, Texas. They reunited with their families at…

Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page Soldiers and NCOs of the Hawai‘i Army National Guard compete in the annual Best Warrior Competition held at Schofield Barracks from March 6-8, 2020. The Best Warrior will receive the opportunity…

From the Honolulu Star Advertiser website HIARNG soldiers Sgt. Bradley Padama-Kinere, left, Staff Sgt. Paul Calamayan, 2nd Lt. Francisco Barba, Spc. Andrew Octubre and Spc. Shaun Dela Calzada show care packages they received. They are with the C-RAM mission in…

Off Peter J. Hirai's Facebook page Friends and family, the Hiki No Artillery Association is fundraising to send microwave rice packages and furikake seasoning to the young enlisted Soldiers of the 1-487th Field Artillery. They are currently deployed to Afghanistan…

Photograph courtesy of Edward Cruickshank | click to enlarge Several 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment (Hiki No) retirees/former members attended the Oahu Veterans Council meeting last Saturday. In this photograph are L-R: Keith Tamashiro, Bruce Spear, Irwin Cockett, Steve…

Hawaii National Guard photograph | click to enlarge This photograph shows (L-R): unidentified soldier, then-LTC James Carpenter, Commander of the 1st Battalion – 487th Field Artillery (1-487FA), then-BG Eugene Imai, Assistant Adjutant General, Army/Deputy Commander, State Area Command, and then-SGT Colbert Helemano (Fire…