Tag: Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)

Mitsuo Hasegawa, 88, of Hilo, Hawaii, died Oct. 17, 2017 at Life Care Center of Hilo. Born April 20, 1929, in Hilo, he was a retired Command Sergeant Major of the Hawaii Army National Guard, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion,…

Franklin Y.C. Kho, 81, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died in Honolulu on October 3, 2017. He was born in Honolulu. Visitation: 9:30 a.m.; Services: 10:30 a.m. on Friday, October 27, 2017 at Borthwick Mortuary, Makai Chapel. Inurnment: 2:00 p.m. at the…

Francis Michael Guigui, born September 14, 1938 in Waialua, and passed away peacefully at home on August 21, 2017, at the age of 78. He graduated from Waialua High School in 1956, served 12 years with the Hawaii National Guard…

Annually, the Hawaii Army National Guard honors those who were killed during the 1968 29th Infantry Brigade call-up and the Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom mobilization. There are two large pohaku (rocks) in front of the Readiness Center Building on Kalaeloa campus.…

On Friday, August 18, 2017, Tracey Omori was promoted to colonel in a pinning ceremony at the United States Property and Fiscal Office. BG Keith Tamashiro, commander of the Hawaii Army National Guard, was the senior officer officiating the ceremony.…

Julian Rilveria, 84, of Mililani, passes away peacefully on June 30, 2017, in Wahiawa. He was born in Waialua, Hawaii to Sergio & Shaderia Rilveria. He graduated from Leilehua High School in 1951, played football and was in the ROTC.…

Clarion "Clarence" "Larry" Bidal, 82, of Pahoa, died August 1, 2017 in Hilo. Born in Opihikao, he was a retired Captain from the Hilo Airport Crash, Fire and Rescue, veteran of U.S. Marine Corps and Hawaii Army National Guard and…

The Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) has just been notified by the Department of Defense about upcoming unit deployments to the Central and European Command’s areas of operation starting in the spring of 2018. A total of six units and…

Jay Kenji Higa, 57, of Kaneohe, retired Hawaii Army National Guard Electronics Supervisor at Wheeler AAF and First Sergeant, Company C 1/207th Aviation Regiment in Hilo; passed away on June 27, 2017 at Hospice Hawaii Kailua Home. Survived by wife,…

Franklin M. Hiroe, 82, of Honolulu passed away peacefully at home on June 9, 2017. He was the eldest son of the late Masaru and Shizue Hiroe of Wahiawa, Hawaii. He retired from Hawaii Army National Guard and GTE Hawaiian…