{"id":87680,"date":"2026-09-11T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/?p=87680"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:07:04","slug":"hawai%ca%bbi-national-guard-supports-tropical-cyclone-lala-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2026\/09\/11\/hawai%ca%bbi-national-guard-supports-tropical-cyclone-lala-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi National Guard Supports Tropical Cyclone Lala Response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hawaii National Guardsmen alongside first responders conduct wide-area searches in the Ka\u2019u District, Hawaii, Aug. 19, 2026. The Hawaii National Guard’s primary mission is to support the Hawai’i Emergency Management Agency and civil authorities to protect lives and property. Guardsmen remain postured for additional missions as conditions evolve. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Daniel Barcenas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Hawai\u02bbi National Guard (HING) has concluded its response operations on Kaua\u02bbi and O\u02bbahu following the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Lala, while soldiers and airmen continue supporting recovery efforts on Hawai\u02bbi Island and Maui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the height of the response, as many as 250 HING soldiers and airmen were activated on state active duty to support state and county emergency management agencies and provide critical capabilities to communities affected by the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur soldiers and airmen answered the call to service, putting community first in support of response and recovery efforts during Tropical Cyclone Lala,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan, adjutant general of the state of Hawai\u02bbi. \u201cTheir commitment to helping neighbors in need, from lifesaving rescues to damage assessments, reflect their dedication to help families begin to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HING personnel worked alongside county emergency management officials and first responders as conditions improved and recovery operations began. National Guard liaison officers were embedded within county Emergency Operations Centers, the Hawai\u02bbi Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA) and the Honolulu Police Department Joint Operations Center to help coordinate requests for assistance and connect HING capabilities with local needs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Hawai\u02bbi National Guard (HING) has concluded its response operations on Kaua\u02bbi and O\u02bbahu following the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Lala, while soldiers and airmen continue supporting recovery efforts on Hawai\u02bbi Island and Maui. At the height of the response, as many as 250 HING soldiers and airmen were activated on state active duty to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":87681,"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":"61028,85634,44320,80171,65910,85208","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12393],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020s"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87680","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=87680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87682,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87680\/revisions\/87682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}