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Hilo soldiers headed to Mideast- Tribune-Herald

Tribune-Herald About a hundred Hilo-based National Guard units will be spending the holidays in the Middle East, although military secrecy surrounds the locations and timing of their deployment. The state Department of Defense announced Monday that the 50 men and women of the Army National Guard's Company C, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, are heading to Kuwait, instead of Iraq as they were expecting. The unit provides general aviation support with UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. President Obama's announcement that the U.S. is pulling out of that country by the end of the year forced a rejiggering of those plans. "They're getting re-missioned to Kuwait," said National Guard spokesman Capt. Jeff Hickman. For security reasons the military is not saying where in Kuwait the unit is being sent on their nine-month deployment. Lt. Col. Charles Anthony said that the decision to send them to the Persian Gulf country was made about two weeks ago, and that family members of the soldiers have been made aware of it. The other unit, the 291st Combat Communications Squadron of the Air National Guard, is heading to an undisclosed location in support of Operation New Dawn. "Operation New Dawn is the name that is given to current operations in and around Iraq," Anthony said. "However, having said that, don't read too much into that. "They can be supporting operations in Iraq without actually being in Iraq," Anthony said. Operational security requirements prevent him from saying where in the region the unit will be operating. The Air National Guard unit will be supporting communications efforts within the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's area of responsibility. The troops will be departing quietly in several groups, the first of which may have already left Hawaii, Anthony said, for a six-month deployment.

Hawaii’s National Guard Heroes from Reno’s desert.

“When we saw it pitch up we knew…. He was not going to save it… He was over the stands and it was not going to be good.” That was how Chief Master Sergeant Alan Ogata, from the Hawaii Air National Guard described the moments before a P-51 Mustang plunged to earth close to the reviewing stands at the Reno Air Show.

Hawaii Guardsmen back from Reno air show crash

Hawaii News Now- About 30 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard who were in Reno showcasing a C-17 transport plane at the air show. They returned to Hickam Air Force Base late Monday afternoon carrying the emotional baggage of the horror they witnessed. (see video story by clicking on link)

Hawaii Air Guard Members Treated Reno Air Crash Victims

Guard Members Fed Luau Food To Victims, First Responders By Keoki Kerr KITV4 News KITV-TV (updated 9/20/2011 5:15:24 AM ET)

Hawaii Army National Guard unit returns from Afghanistan mission

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HAWAII AIR NATIONAL GUARD BREAKS GROUND ON STATE-OF-THE-ART F22 MAINTENANCE FACILITY

Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie and officials from the U.S. Air Force and the Hawaii Air National Guard broke ground today on a state-of-the-art F-22 maintenance facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Hawaii Guardsmen experience different style of firearms training.

 

Raytheon Concrete-Breaching Rescue Tool Now Available to First Responders Via GSA Schedule

Raytheon completed a series of CIRT training demonstrations with the Hawaii National Guard as a part of the Makani Pahili 2011 exercise at Bellows Air Force Station on May 31

Youth meet challenge

Hawaii Island's prison-turned-school for at-risk teens held its inaugural graduation ceremony Monday in Hilo. Story by JASON ARMSTRONG, Tribune-Herald staff writer.

Hawaii reservists are not alone when they come home from battle

Hawaii News Now Posted: Aug 27, 2010 7:01 PM By Teri Okita