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Honolulu Star-Advertiser
March 16, 2018
Moses Kaoiwi, director of joint staff of the Hawaii National Guard, who was appointed interim administrator of HI-EMA, after Maj. Gen. Vern Miyagi's resignation from the position was announced on Jan. 30. Miyagi and HI-EMA's executive officer Toby Clairmont, who resigned Jan. 26, left the agency as partÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
March 8, 2018
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The Hawaii Army National Guard will build an $800,000 warehouse to store equipment and supplies on a Big Island live-fire training area that has been the focus of local protests for the past decade. The warehouse to be built at the Pohakuloa Training Area will allow the GuardÃâà...
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
March 4, 2018
HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Tracey Okutsu, right, admires a photograph of her grandfather, Yukio Okutsu, on Friday during the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home 10th anniversary celebration at the facility in Hilo. HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Residents sit in the front row as members of theÃâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
February 20, 2018
The plan — prepared by Hawaii National Guard Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara, the state's deputy adjutant general — was released during an 11:30 a.m. news conference today called by Gov. David Ige. Hara's report agreed with an earlier investigative report, released by Brig. Gen. Bruce Oliveira on Jan. 30, thatÃâà...
Maui News
February 9, 2018
Paramedics, firefighters and police treat “victims” Thursday morning as part of an active-shooter emergency response exercise at the University of Hawaii Maui College. The drill is part of a weeklong training between Maui County's first responders and the Hawaii National Guard's 93rd Civil Support Team.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
February 8, 2018
Another government shutdown — even a short one — has particularly bad timing for the Hawaii National Guard, which has its once-a-month drills this weekend. More than 4,500 Hawaii Army and Air Guard soldiers were expected to train Saturday and Sunday. However, even with the specter of anotherÃâà...
Maui News
February 4, 2018
Activities will happen between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and they could start as early as after midnight Thursday and run well into the night, a Hawaii National Guard official said. Exercises will be at the Private First Class Anthony T. Kahoohanohano Armory (formerly the PuuneneÃâà...
FOX 61
February 3, 2018
Oliveira, who retired from the Hawaii National Guard as brigadier general, also told reporters, “When it became apparent that the real-world alert was issued,” the employee who sent it out “seemed confused, he froze and another employee had to take over his responsibilities.” The employee “had a historyÃâà...
fox6now.com
January 16, 2018
HONOLULU — Gov. David Ige has appointed a state Army National Guard official to oversee a review of Hawaii's emergency management process after a faulty alert was sent to cellphones around the state warning of an incoming missile attack last weekend. Ige appointed state Army National Guard Brig.
Department of Defense
September 1, 2017
“This is a great opportunity for us to work with our first responder community from the county, state, and federal levels. This is important because we always want to work with people before something actually happens. ” he said. The 93rd CST is made of eighteen Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers andÃâà...
KHON2
August 10, 2017
The Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) has just been notified by the Department of Defense about upcoming unit deployments to the Central and European Command's areas of operation starting in the spring of 2018. A total of six units and approximately 1,000 soldiers have received a Notification ofÃâà...
KHON2
August 10, 2017
The Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) has just been notified by the Department of Defense about upcoming unit deployments to the Central and European Command's areas of operation starting in the spring of 2018. A total of six units and approximately 1,000 soldiers have received a Notification ofÃâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
December 31, 1999
Hawaii National Guard Brig. Gen. Ken Hara, the state's deputy adjutant general, authored a preparedness improvement plan following the Jan. 13 nuclear missile false alarm in which he recommended a suspension of all activities related to the ballistic missile preparedness campaign — with the exceptionÃâà...
