Hawaii Army National Guard
Hawaii Army National Guard | |
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Commanders | |
Current commander | BG Moses Kaoiwi Jr.[1] |
The Hawaii Army National Guard is a component of the
Hawaii Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army.
Units
Unit | Equipment | Location | Notes |
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29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | Kalaeloa, Oahu | ||
103d Troop Command | Pearl City, Oahu | ||
298th Regiment Multifunctional Regional Training Institute | Waimanalo , Oahu |
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230th Engineer Company | Maui, Hawaii |
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1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery | Mililani, Oahu | ||
Company B, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment | CH-47F | Wheeler Army Airfield, Wahiawa, Oahu | [2] |
Detachment 1, Company G, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment | HH-60M | Kalaeloa Airfield |
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Company C, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment | UH-60M | Hilo International Airport, Hilo, Hawaiʻi | |
1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment | Hilo, Hawaii - Kalaeloa, Oahu - Hanapepe, Kauai | ||
Hawaii Medical Detachment | Kalaeloa, Oahu | ||
111th Army Band | Pearl City, Oahu | ||
117th MPAD | Pearl City, Oahu |
Duties
National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by
Active Duty Callups
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For much of the final decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served "One weekend a month, two weeks a year", with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit (or National Guardsman) to serve one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no Guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period (this policy is due to change 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies).
History
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Kingdom
The earliest forerunner of the Hawaii Army National Guard was the Honolulu Rifles a militia formed in 1854.[citation needed] In 1887 it was certified as a paramilitary.[by whom?]
Republic
On January 27, 1893, following the
Territory
On August 12, 1898 National Guard of Hawaii was converted into the
Historic units
298th Infantry Regiment - The 298th Infantry was organized as the 1st Regiment, National Guard of Hawaii from 1893-95 at Honolulu. It was redesignated as the 1st Hawaiian Infantry Regiment and mobilized into federal service during World War I at Fort Shafter, Hawaii from 1918-19. In 1923 it was redesignated as the 298th Infantry Regiment. Called to Federal service on 15 October 1940, the 298th Infantry was assigned to the 25th Division on 1 October 1941. On 7 December 1941 the 298th Infantry came under fire and took casualties during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. On 23 July 1942 the 298th Regiment was reassigned to the 24th Infantry Division. On 12 June 1943 the 298th Infantry was relieved from assignment to the 24th Division and was designated as a separate infantry regiment. It was assigned to the U.S. Army Central Pacific and participated in the Central and Western Pacific, Leyte and Ryukyu campaigns. The regiment was released from federal service on 10 April 1945 in Hawaii. On 8 January 1957 the 298th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated as the 298th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. It was further redesignated as the 298th Artillery Group (Air Defense) on 15 November 1961. On 22 January 1972 the 298th was reorganized and redesignated as the 298th Field Depot with station at Wahiawa, Hawaii. On 1 June 1976 the 298th Field Depot was inactivated with its headquarters and headquarters company being consolidated with headquarters and headquarters detachment, Hawaii Army National Guard. On 16 August 1997, a new 298th Regiment not related by lineage to the original 298th Infantry Regiment, was constituted as a Regional Training Institute for the Hawaii Army National Guard at Waimanalo, Hawaii. During COVID-19, the Medical Detachment (MED DET) helped distribute vaccines, and successfully executed its Health Service Support and Force Health Protection missions, which aimed to maintain high levels of medical readiness. They conducted Periodic Health Assessments, Dental Examinations, Hearing Test, Profiles, Vision Readiness Screenings, Immunizations, Flight Physicals, Behavior Health Support, and Case Management Support.[5]
- 299th Infantry Regiment
References
- ^ "Commander". Hawaii Army National Guard. State of Hawaii. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Hawaii Army National Guard Unit Receives Army Aviation Unit of The Year Award". State of Hawaii. December 15, 2016.
- . January 2017. p. 17.
- ^ Towse, Ed (1895). "The Rebellion of 1895: A Complete History of the Insurrection Against the Republic of Hawaii: List of Officers and Members of the National Guard of Hawaii and the Citizen's Guard". Honolulu: The Hawaiian Star. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Units". dod.hawaii.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
External links
- Official website
- Bibliography of Hawaii Army National Guard History Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
- Hawaii National Guard Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 20 Nov 2006
- GlobalSecurity.org Hawaii Army National Guard, accessed 20 Nov 2006