{"id":5559,"date":"2014-05-30T08:05:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retireenews.wordpress.com\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:15:20","slug":"hawaii-national-guard-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2014\/05\/30\/hawaii-national-guard-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u2018i National Guard History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hawai\u2018i Army and Air National Guard have a rich history of achievements and milestones. Hawai\u2018i Army and Air National Guard units and individual members were part of many historic events and firsts. Through the years in newsletters, annual reports, photographs and other documents documented these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A long time ago, both the Hawai\u2018i Army and Air Guard once had assigned historians in their major units. These billets went away as defense budgets became smaller. Many units have kept files of their unit newsletters, but currently there is no central repository for these documents, memorabilia, and photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Individuals like <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Stephen Lum<\/span><\/span>\u00a0have become the de facto keepers of the history.\u00a0 Steve just started sharing his work with <em>Retiree News<\/em> under his \u201cMy Back Page\u201d postings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Aaron Pollick<\/span><\/span>, a Hawai\u2018i Army National Guard retiree, is a collector of Hawai\u2018i National Guard memorabilia.\u00a0 He recently started a Facebook page dedicated to discussing Hawai\u2018i Army National Guard history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more Hawai\u2018i Army National Guard history and to see Aaron\u2019s Facebook page, go to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xekYq\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xekYq<\/span><\/a><\/span>. Great job by Aaron!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BTW: Aaron continues to collect old memorabilia.\u00a0 Anyone cleaning out closets, especially of your parents or grandparents, and discover old uniforms, insignia and photographs, contact Aaron at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">kekoaiki@hawaii.rr.com<\/span><\/span>. Don\u2019t throw away our Guard history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>The appearance of external hyperlinks did not constitute endorsement by Retiree News, this included the linked websites, information, products, or services contained therein. Retiree News did not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Additionally, some of the sites linked to may limit the number of stories you can access without a paid subscription. All links were provided with the intent of meeting the mission of Retiree News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawai\u2018i Army and Air National Guard have a rich history of achievements and milestones. Hawai\u2018i Army and Air National Guard units and individual members were part of many historic events and firsts. Through the years in newsletters, annual reports, photographs and other documents documented these events. 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