Retired Maj. Gen. Alexis Lum, who served as the state adjutant general from 1983-1991, died over the weekend. He was 82.

More than 300 U.S. soldiers, embassy staff and contractors gathered Aug. 21 at a modified luau in Baghdad, Iraq, to celebrate Hawaii's 50 years of statehood and military history.

KALAELOA — The screams of joy were ear-piercing inside the hangar yesterday as 209 members of the Hawai'i Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team returned home.

Citizen soldiers of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Brigade Combat Team completed 10 months in Kuwait and logged nearly 2.2 million miles escorting convoys to bases in Iraq, averaging six to eight missions a day.

Hilo, HI- About 300 people braved sweltering heat and humidity to welcome soldiers home from a yearlong deployment to Iraq and Kuwait.