HING History

Fort Ruger (Picture from the Hawaiʻi State Archives) Early Coastal Defense and the Establishment of Fort Ruger In the early 1900s, the United States began strengthening its coastal defense systems. In a 1905 address to Congress, President Theodore Roosevelt identified...

Hawaii Army National Guard unit makes history with C-RAM mission 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Martens | Thursday, June 13, 2019 Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara, commander Hawaii Army National Guard visits HARNG Soldiers with...

The Kīlauea lava flow carried over from FY18 into the new fiscal year and then directly shifted into the response to Hurricane Lane. It was the first time we switched disaster responses in a 24-hour period. Our Hawai'i Emergency Management...

Hawaii Air National Guard Returns from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Relief Missions State of Hawaii Department of Defense - Lt Col. Charles Anthony Hawaii Air National Guard Master Sgt. Kerrie Morris, a loadmaster from the 204th Airlift Squadron, shows David...

Maui Airmen and Soldiers team up to clear flood debris Maui island based Hawaii National Guard Airmen and Soldiers work to remove debris from the Wailuku river September 2016. Storm generated heavy rains on Sep. 13th caused river swelling and...

The 292nd Combat Communications Squadron also deployed in January 2015 in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. - 2015 Annual Report pp. 19 Hawaiian Raptors Deploy to Central Command Area of Responsibility Story by Lt. Col. Charles Anthony Photos by A1c...

Chief Information Office/J6 Po‘oihe (“Tip of the Spear”) Cyber security exercise The HIDOD CIO continued to partner with the University of Hawaii to host the third annual Po’oihe Hawaii Cybersecurity Exercise in June 2015. This year’s Po’oihe was integrated with...

In April and May 2015, the 204th Airlift Squadron flew several C-17 missions in support of disaster relief in earthquake ravaged Nepal. The 109th AOG also sent a 12 member team to Nepal in the aftermath of the earthquake to...

1957 March Hawaii Guardsman Vol#VIII No#1

2000 Training and missions The training year for the 29th SIB began with three division level command post exercises (CPX). The last was the 25th Infantry Division (Light) Warfighter exercise. In March 2000, cadre from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., flew to...