Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page In life we often hear of people answering a call to serve. Sgt. First Class Chester Desiderio answered two such calls. The first as a member of the Hawaii Army National…
Read MoreHawaii Army National Guard photograph Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page Major General Suzanne P. Vares-Lum and Hawaii State Legislators attend a brief hosted by Brigadier General Moses Kaoiwi Jr., Hawaii National Guard Joint Task Force on…
Read MoreFrom the Hawaii Tribune Herald OHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald Staff Sgt. Haliaka Moller is on duty Sunday in the operations center at Keaukaha Military Reservation in Hilo. As management of the emergency resulting from the Kilauea volcano eruption that began May 3…
Read MoreOff the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page When the Kilauea volcano erupted on Hawaii’s Big Island, members of the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, were just getting home from a seven-month deployment that sent them to…
Read MoreOff the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Soldiers from the 230th Vertical Engineer Company, Hawaii Army National Guard, team up with local organizations to construct micro-shelters in Pahoa, Hawaii. To date, more than 600 homes have been destroyed by the…
Read MoreOff 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
Read MoreOff the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page As lava from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii Island continues to threaten and destroy the Puna Neighborhood of Leilani estates. Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wings Medical detachment 1 have…
Read MoreYesterday, there was a media conference announcing the formation of Joint Task Force (JTF) 5-0 in response to the ongoing lava emergency on Hawaii Island. BG Kenneth Hara will serve as the JTF commander. Because the television coverage was very…
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