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This photograph shows Anson Kimura and Gary Mizumoto attending the Makani Pahili 2012 planning meeting. Anson, a retired Hawaii Army National Guard member, had recently left the then-State Civil Defense and was working for ...
Read More Check Six – 2012: Old Friends at the Makani Pahili Planning Meeting

Twenty-four men from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s Royal Guard marched in the President Richard Nixon’s inaugural parade on January 20, 1973. The unit, headed by Kapena Moku (SMSgt) Ted ...
Read More Check Six – 1973: Royal Guard Marches in the Presidential Inaugural Parade

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers set-up a temporary operation center at the District of Columbia Armory and met with federal and district authorities ...
Read More Hawaii National Guard Soldiers preparing to Support 59th Presidential Inauguration

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Left photograph. Proud to have transported Hawai‘i National Guard Soldiers and Airmen on our 203rd Air Refueling Squadron and 204th Airlift Squadron ...
Read More HING Deploys 200 Guardmembers to DC

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page The Hawai‘i Air National Guard leadership team, including the Hawai‘i Air National Guard Commander, Brig. Gen. Joseph Harris, and the Assistant Adjutant General ...
Read More HIANG Leadership Visits 154th Wing, Medical Detachment 1

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 ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1980s: Richard Sanders Awarded Master Recruiter Badge

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 ...
Read More Operation New Hope: COVID-19 Vaccinations

HIANG Launa‘ole Awards 2020

Posted on Jan 6, 2021 in Awards

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page The Hawai‘i Air National Guard will host this year’s Launa‘ole awards ceremony remotely in accordance with pandemic safety requirements. It will live ...
Read More HIANG Launa‘ole Awards 2020

Taps: Raymond Bermudez Update

Posted on Jan 5, 2021 in Taps

Raymond Ramos Bermudez, age 82, passed away peacefully on November 26, 2020. He was born on December 28, 1937 in Honolulu. He leaves behind his beloved wife Wanda June Bermudez ...
Read More Taps: Raymond Bermudez Update

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 ...
Read More Check Six – 2002: Jun Arconado Leaves