Hawaii National Guard

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The Hawaii National Guard of the US state of Hawaii has existed under this name since 1893 and is part of the United States National Guard ( acronymized USNG ) established in 1903 and thus also part of the second level of the military reserve of the United States' armed forces .

organization

The members of the National Guard are voluntary service payable militiamen that the Governor of Hawaii David Ige are subject. The President of the United States is the commander-in-chief for federal missions . Adjutant General of Hawaii has been Major General Kenneth S. Hara since 2019.

Already from 1893 to 1898, there was the National Guard of Hawaii Republic of Hawaii, during the American-Spanish war through a joint resolution (joint resolution) was the Senate and House of Representatives on 7 July 1898 annexed by the United States. The national guards of the states (and also of the Hawaii Territory , which existed until 1959 ) have been federally and institutionally closely linked to the regular army and air force since 1903 , so that the federal level can fall back on them under certain circumstances with the consent of Congress . The Hawaii National Guard consists of the two branches of the Army and the Air Force , namely the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard . Separate from this is the state guard , the Hawaii Territorial Guard (active 1941-1947), which was only obliged to the state and was formed after the attack on Pearl Harbor .

The Hawaii Army National Guard had 2996 manpower in 2017 and the Hawaii Air National Guard 2172 manpower, making a total of 5168 manpower.

units

Hawaii Army National Guard units

  • Hawaii National Guard Garrison / HQ in Honolulu , Oahu, Hawaii
  • 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Kalaeloa, Oahu
  • 103d Troop Command in Pearl City , Oahu
  • 298th Regiment Multifunctional Regional Training Institute in Waimanalo, Oahu
  • 230th Engineer Company in Maui , Hawaii
  • 487th Field Artillery in Mililani, Oahu
  • B Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment (with Boeing-Vertol CH-47 F) at Wheeler Army Airfield, Wahiawa , Oahu
  • Detachment 1, G Company, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment (with Sikorsky HH-60M Black Hawk ) at Kalaeloa Airfield
  • C Company, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment (with Sikorsky UH-60M) at Hilo International Airport, Hilo, Hawaii
  • 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment in Hilo, Hawaii, Kalaeloa, Oahu and Hanapepe, Kauai
  • Hawaii Medical Detachment in Kalaeloa, Oahu
  • 111th Army Band in Pearl City, Oahu
  • 117th MPAD in Pearl City, Oahu

Hawaii Air National Guard units

  • 154th Wing on Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Hickam, Honolulu
  • 201st Combat Communications Group
  • 201st Air Operations Group
  • Hawaii Region Air Operations Center (HIRAOC) at Wheeler Army Airfield.

Web links

Commons : Hawaii National Guard  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see joint resolution (English)
  2. ^ DoD Personnel, Workforce Reports & Publications . DoD. Retrieved September 25, 2017.