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Retiree News featured a photograph of the Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard staff in a recent post. There was a person hidden and two individuals we could not identify. HIANG retiree Randall Tom emailed an update saying the person hidden was Ken Sonan,...

Retiree Updates - Theodore Merrill: Ted served with the then-203d Combat Communications Squadron and later with the 154th Wing. At the Wing, he was the Wing Historian and the materials he researched are an important part of Retiree News posts....

Stanley Tomatsu Okazaki, 77, of Mill Creek, Washington, died in Mill Creek on April 13, 2019. He was born in Waipahu, Hawaii on December 1, 1941. Military Memorial Service: 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 14, 2019 at the Hawai‘i State...

Retiree News photograph This photograph was taken on January 9, 2000 at the retirement ceremony for Maj Gen Edward Richardson. The ceremony was on the 154th Wing flightline and included a parade of Hawaii Army and Air National Guard personnel. Many...

George Kaneshiro periodically provides feedback to some Retiree News posts. He sent in feedback on these earlier Retiree News posts. Check Six: Eagle Ice Co. – 30 years ago He identified the “unknown” in the photograph is Russel Miyamoto from the avionics back shop;...

Retirement Ceremony - Late post. TSgt Epigene "Peni" Sabagala is retiring this Saturday, July 7, 2018. Her military retirement ceremony will start at 1430 at the 154th Wing’s Dining Facility. A reception will follow the ceremony. Seems only yesterday when Peni enlisted...

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Hawaii Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Elva Schaben describes how The National Guard is supporting local communities impacted by the volcano on the big island of Hawaii, while improving readiness through increased. View the video

Vernon Matsuto Miyake, 71, of Honolulu, passed away on March 21, 2018. Born in Waimea, Kauai, he retired as the Assistant Accounting Manager for Bank of Hawaii, Main Branch and as a major for the Hawaii Army National Guard. He...

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....

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...