{"id":86805,"date":"2026-01-21T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/?p=86805"},"modified":"2026-01-21T02:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:06:24","slug":"an-aviation-legacy-decades-of-commitment-honored-at-103rd-troop-command-change-of-responsibility-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2026\/01\/21\/an-aviation-legacy-decades-of-commitment-honored-at-103rd-troop-command-change-of-responsibility-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aviation Legacy: Decades of commitment honored at 103rd Troop Command change of responsibility ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2026\/01\/9477917-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Unit guidons and organizational colors are displayed during a 103rd Troop Command (103rd TC) change of responsibility ceremony in Pearl City, Hawaii, Jan. 11, 2026. The ceremony marked the formal transition of senior enlisted leadership within the 103rd TC, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG). (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Nathaniel Calio)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PEARL CITY, Hawaii &#8211; U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Roger J. Goodwin, command sergeant major of the 103rd Troop Command, Hawaii Army National Guard, relinquished responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Paul H. Asato after years of leadership during a change of responsibility ceremony in Pearl City, Hawaii, Jan. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the senior enlisted leader for the Hawaii Army National Guard\u2019s second largest mission support command, consisting of thirteen subordinate units dispersed across the islands, Command Sergeant Major Goodwin\u2019s leadership and mentorship enabled him to successfully lead such a functionally diverse organization with very significant differences in operational and readiness requirements,\u201d said Col. Phoebe P. Inigo, commander of the 103rd Troop Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aviation units make up more than half of the 103rd Troop Command&#8217;s subordinate organizations, where Goodwin oversaw more than 25 wildfire missions across Hawai\u2018i, prepared units for mobilizations and managed both engineering and aviation contributions to State Partnership Program exercises and operations abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder his leadership, the 103rd Troop Command distinguished itself as the most activated unit in the Hawaii Army National Guard,\u201d Inigo said. \u201cSuccessfully executing three federal missions, more than 30 National Guard Civil Support missions, and multiple engagements worldwide in support of national security objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/556156\/aviation-legacy-decades-commitment-honored-103rd-troop-command-change-responsibility-ceremony\">Read the rest of the article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEARL CITY, Hawaii &#8211; U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Roger J. Goodwin, command sergeant major of the 103rd Troop Command, Hawaii Army National Guard, relinquished responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Paul H. Asato after years of leadership during a change of responsibility ceremony in Pearl City, Hawaii, Jan. 11, 2026. \u201cAs the senior enlisted leader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":86806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"42755,48065,4323,37246,13131,63553","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12393,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020s","category-history"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86807,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86805\/revisions\/86807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}