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  • Senior enlisted advisor stresses readiness in Hawaii visit

    HONOLULU – Ohana is a Hawaiian word that refers to one’s extended family, friends and other close, intentional associations.Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, experienced Ohana close-up as he visited Hawaii National Guard units across the island of

  • Weather Airmen enable Black Hawk medical evacuation

    DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD, Hawaii – The chaotic nature of weather can impact any military operation. Thankfully, the relationship between Hawaii National Guard’s weather Airmen and medical Soldiers makes it possible to perform lifesaving operations through aeromedical evacuations, which was validated

  • Year in Review: National Guard delivered at home and abroad

    ARLINGTON, Va. – When a series of tornadoes slashed across parts of eight Midwest states late in the evening of Dec. 10, Spc. Zach Neisz sprang into action. He grabbed an ax, flashlight and medical kit and drove to Dawson Springs, Kentucky, to help any way he could.“I couldn’t sit back and not do

  • New York Guard hosts biological, chemical dispersal drill

    NEW YORK – The New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team is hosting 124 counterparts from 19 other states in New York City this week to support a homeland security exercise focused on figuring out how biological and chemical weapons disperse in a city.Officially known as the Urban Threat

  • Alaska Air Guard trains in support of NASA spaceflight

    KAPOLEI, HAWAII – Alaska Air National Guard members completed four weeks of training during Exercise H20 in Hawaii Feb. 6, honing their long-range search and rescue capability for the NASA human spaceflight program.The Air Guard's 176th Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is the only wing in the

  • Guam, Hawaii share COVID best practices with the Philippines

    HONOLULU – The Guam and Hawaii National Guard participated in a virtual subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) on COVID-19 with the Armed Forces of the Philippines as part of the Guard's State Partnership Program. Normally during a table-top planning scenario in a SMEE, planners respond to a

  • Hawaii National Guard ready for COVID-19 response

    HONOLULU – The rise in positive COVID-19 cases in Hawaii has prompted the partial activation of the Hawaii National Guard to stand ready to lend its support to the community.Airmen with Medical Detachment 1 (Med Det 1), Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG), are screening Guard members on state active