Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)

The following post covers the 50th anniversary of the Hawaii Military Academy Officer Candidate School on November 4, 2012.  The video came up in a lunch time discussion and several recommended it be posted. 298th Regional Training Institute (RTI) and...

COL Bryan Suntheimer, currently the Hawai‘i Army National Guard Chief of Staff, will become the J4 Mobilization Assistant at United States Pacific Command. He will replace BG Martha N. Wong, a HIARNG member currently serving in the J4 position. There...

Miles Tamura and Clifford Kobashigawa attend Col Reynold Hioki’s pinning ceremony. They were Traditional Guardmembers who served with the 201st Combat Communications Group. Miles retired several years ago from his job with the Navy. Cliff just retired from Kamehameha Schools after...

James “Jimmy” Toledo, 72, of Mililani, a Board of Water Supply maintenance supervisor and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on May 5, 2013. He was born in Wahiawā. He is survived by brothers Frank B. Jr. and...

Congratulations to the following Hawai‘i National Guard officers who received Federal Recognition for their promotions to colonel. LTC Roy Macaraeg The former 487th Field Artillery commander is attending Army War College and will graduate in July. His next assignment will...

CMSgt Denise Jelinski-Hall gets a wall dedicated at the National Woman's Memorial Museum. The Chief is close to the end of her tour as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. During her Air Force...

Kenneth Tadashi “Kenji” Higashionna, 60, of Honolulu, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on May 19, 2013 in the Queen’s Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Alisa Kato; brothers Hiroshi, George, Gary...

Peter Youngsik Lee, 63, of Honolulu, a retired Hawai‘i Army National Guard chaplain and colonel, an All People Mission Church pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention vice president, passed away on May 22, 2013 at home. He was born in Korea....

In 1981, some members of the  Hawai‘i Army National Guard’s 292nd Supply & Service Company posed for a photo at the Pōhakuloa Training Area. Third from the left is then CPT Gervin Miyamoto and MAJ Emerick Kaneshi on the far right. Retiree...

Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Chaves will retire from the  Hawai‘i Army National Guard on May 31, 2013. His last assignment was with U.S. Army Pacific, where he served as the Deputy Commander General of the Army National Guard. He assumed...