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Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page While we don’t have fireworks to show off on this Fourth of July, the 204th Airlift Squadron ‘Pueos’ have their own way of celebrating, and we can’t think of a better way...

A retirement ceremony for CMSgt Douglas Awana was held on Friday, January 6, 2017. The Chief began his began his military career in March 1975 and retired with 41 years of service to his country and state. Congratulations to Chief...

The First Muster Salem, Massachusetts, 1636. The history of the National Guard began on December 13, 1636, when the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ordered the organization of the Colony's militia companies into three regiments: The North, South...

Team 808 is a group of Hawaii Army and Air National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. CMSgt Raquel Ramos, retired and now a contractor at the Air National Guard Readiness...

BG Keith Tamashiro, Commander of the Hawai‘i Army National Guard, hosted a ceremony honoring three long serving judge advocate general (JAG) officers. General Tamashiro presented the recently retired JAGs Winston Ling and Gerald Takase with Legion of Merit medals for their exceptional...

From the @HawaiiTAG Twitter feed Photographs from Gregory “Woody” Woodrow’s pinning ceremony at Washington Place. Governor David Ige and his wife were present with Brigadier General Ryan Okahara presiding over the pinning ceremony. Checkout the photographs

The 200 Club presented awards for outstanding Honolulu Police Department employees at the Waialae Country Club yesterday. The 200 Club is an organization comprised of 200 businesses and community leaders who support the HPD and the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD), especially...

Hawaii Air National Guard photo Lt. Col. Ryan Endo, Lt. Col. James Faumina, Lt. Col. Jamie Jicha and Lt. Col. Stuart Thompson from the 154th Medical Group pose together during their joint promotion and pinning ceremony, January 10, 2016, Joint...

Today is the third anniversary of the Retiree News website. It has been an interesting ride with a lot of learning about websites along the way. Learning how to post picture galleries and other website improvements helped improve the product...

Off Governor Ige’s Facebook page. On December 15, I had the honor of participating in a rare double-pinning ceremony for the Hawaii Army National Guard - including pinning of the first woman of native Hawaiian ancestry to become a general in the...