The 199th Fighter Squadron has won the Winston P. Wilson Trophy for 2021. The trophy is presented to the most outstanding Air National Guard flying unit equipped with fighter or reconnaissance aircraft. The trophy is named after Maj. Gen. Winston…
Read MoreThe photograph date is blurred, but appears to be October 8, 1993. It shows (L-R) Leslie Bise, Jeffrey Protacio, Steven Oka, and Kenrock Higa. They appear to be inside a KC-135 Stratotanker. This was probably a flight to a National Guard…
Read MoreSpecial thanks to Dave Molinaro and Peter Ching for their help identifying the Guardmembers in this photograph. This photograph was taken at the 2007 National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) Conference, which was held in Baltimore, Maryland. At…
Read MoreMG Arthur "Joe" Logan, Adjutant General Hawaii; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; MG James Hoyer, NGAUS Chairman, Adjutant General Virginia Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, representative of the 2nd district of Hawaii, received the Charles Dick Medal of Merit during the second business session…
Read MoreL-R: Gerald "FANG" Aoki, Clarence "Mert" Agena, Richard Miyamoto, George "Jungle George" Sheraton, Galen Yoshimoto The 1986 National Guard Association of the United States conference was held in Nashville, Tennessee. It was a three-day conference running from September 30 - October…
Read MoreNine National Guardsmen from Hawaii were added to the Medal of Honor Gallery last night at the National Guard Memorial in Washington, D.C. The nine include eight who fought in World War II and one who saw action in the…
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