PAGE 1 pupukahi pupukahi: harmoniously united Last printed issue of pupukahi going to online version at the Hawaii DOD website: www.hawaii.gov/dod Prince Kuhio Day, state holiday. Good Friday, state holiday. DOD Retirement and Awards Lun cheon; 11a.m. at Hale Koas Banyan Tree Room. Armed Forces Day, events at various military bases. Caps of Hawaii Military month activities. Memorial Day, federal and state holi day; ceremony at the National Memorial ceremony at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, in Kaneohe, 1 p.m. Kamehameha Day, state holiday Fourth of July federal and state holiday. EANGUS 98th Annual Conference, Rochester, N.Y. Hawaii State Admissions Day, state holiday, various events celebrating the Labor Day, federal and state holiday NGAUS 131st Annual Conference, Nashville, Tenn. HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, HawaiiThe Hawaii Air National Guard has taken on the responsibility of a new with the activation for the 109th Air Operations Group, and subordinate units, the 150th Air Operations Squadron and 202nd Air Mobility Operations 2. These units are classic associate units of the HIANG 13th Air Force, the 613th Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) and the 613th AOC only state that has an Air National Guard associate unit with an AOC AOG noted that the HIANG aerial vehicles ( UAV) The units are co-located with the 613th AOC The of Air Force forces (COMAFFOR) and coalition or joint (C/JFACC) In the the traditional (drill-status) HIANG HIANG 150th AOS branches. The 202nd AMOS honor of the late Lt. Col. Dennis Madeira in Waianae, Hawaii for and continued service in his Madeira served over 25 years Corps where he served nine National Guard. He served in career as a colonel in the U.S. VFW served as the Waianae veterans parade coordinator, a position he held until he passed away in 2005. VFW Henry K. Ahlo, a VFW photos and all the necessary Family and friends gather honor to Lt. Col. Dennis Madeira at monument dedication at the Waianae Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 849. -Continued on page 5 Maj. Gen. Darryll Wong, Hawaii Air National Guard commander, presides over activation ceremonies of the 109th Air Operations Group and its subordinate units. PAGE 2 July March 2009 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod The Adjutant General The pupukahi is funded and published quarterly by the State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, 3949 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816Departments of the Army and Air Force. All photos are Hawaii National Guard Commander in Chief The Adjutant General Editor/Layout Contributing Writers F State of Hawaii Department of Defense harmoniously united pupukahi not)? include: units. Field Support Website and cultural awareness audio CDs and pocket Materials Distribution Products and Users on CAC-enabled Iraqi, Dari and Pashto Headstart DVDs which interactive instructional in-depth study into the account, please include the units physical address (i.e. street Contact at the unit, and Survival Kits or CDshould coordinate their duplicate orders. Additional country can be found on: http:// on our Headstart DVDs, heres a link to a piece that National Public Radio did this tion=article&ARTICLE_ For any questions or VA News Veterans and service can not render the that took effect in October The earlier provision for veterans and out-ofin the National Defense In support of the The Hawaii National Sgt. 1st Class Curtis H. Matsushige photo TAKING THE CAKE Command Chief Master Sgt. Denice M. Jelinski-Hall, retired Command Sgt. Maj. James Reis, Spc. Amber U. Sevidal, 19, Master Sgt. Francis Hapenney, 61, cut the 372nd National Guard birthday cake as Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, the adjutant general looks on. E MAKANI PAHILI 09 is just around the National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters (CERF-P) everyone in the Hawaii National Guard, not MAKANI PAHILI We dont know when or how the response force any natural disaster, our as soon as possible. Talk to your and that they know the drill in we just dont know when or how a disaster two disaster scenarios and besides, once we joined the Hawaii National Guard because we wanted to serve our state and nation. Dont let effectively carry out our duties. truly served with distinction. PAGE 3 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod July March 2009 3 Hawaii National Guard Senior Enlisted Advisor T the NCO year we will be focused on the role and contributions of the NCO NCO is based on three initiatives: support our NCO Corps NCO Corps for what it leaders and institutions on the roles, NCO Corps NCO s have been the bedrock for the foundation for the enlisted corps. They continue to be the pillars NCO sthe Backbone of NCO and today continue to serve with pride and honor. Today, NCO s train and lead soldiers the NCO NCO s responsibilities which are critical to the They carry out these duties in a dedicated our Nations history NCO s have proven their Today, I stand proud and salute all NCO s! Thank you for what you do everyday at the NCO yearofthenco. Hooah! 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment The Hawaii National Guard to Reno, Nev., in response to an VIGILANT GUARD earthquake rocks Reno and the Within hours, Nevada civil authorities and over 2,300 Soldiers uniquely trained to tackle distinct CERF Response Force), rallied at the site of a collapsed school and each of the United States, CERF is a new disaster CERF CERF units specially trained and equipped disaster. Each CERF collapsed structure search and recovery and to support civil authorities have been activated to assist Red Cross and State Civil Defense (SCD) efforts CERF trapped inside could be found, the sheer will power. When that really does happen, we know we are ready for it. We know CERF scenario. Before, we trained with just a the rescuer out of the pile. I was the so everyone will be safe and secure, hospitals. CERF operations properly coordinated with other units supplied on-site satellite and radio the CERF critical skills. need to brace a structure so that they operated a rappel tower. Medics work we did here was the way we the request for help and hit the represented the state of Hawaii. I RESCUE RAPELLING Spc. John Kumalae, rescues Lt. Col. Stanley K. Sato, 154th Medical Group commander, role-playing a victim packaged for extraction, during a high angle rescue demonstration held during Exercise VIGILANT GUARD in Reno, Nev. PAGE 4 July March 2009 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod 4 Photos by Lt. Col. Charles J. Anthony, Capt. Pamela Ellison, Sgt. 1st Class Curtis H. Matsushige, Staff Sgt. Jamieson L. Pond, Sgt. Crystal Carpenito The Aloha Stadium provide a backdrop for the 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Teams departure for train at Fort Hood, Texas. Deploying Soldiers, families, friends and well wishers form a mass for a group HUG. 1 & 2) 29th Infantry Soldiers prepare and convoy to their regular Kuwait to Iraq escort mission. 3) if the locals like Iso peanuts in Kuwait. 4) Sgt. Captain Deoning feeds his 6-month-old daughter, Rmi, while his wife, Anela, holds on tight. 5) KGMB televisions Ramsey Warton reports from Fort Hood as Brigade Soldiers go through mobilization training. 6 & 7) Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, the adjutant general and Command Chief Master Sgt. Denice M. Jelinski-Hall visit the troops during the holidays, bringing Operation GIFT LIFT goodies. In Memoriam The Hawaii National Guard family salutes our fallen hero, Spc. Cwislyn K. Walter, a 19-year-old Soldier with the 29th Infantrys Special Troops Battalion, who died in a vehicle accident while deployed in Kuwait in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 4 PAGE 5 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod July March 2009 of veterans in this area because it their VFW anniversary . its a pretty special Continued from page 1 said Ahlo. VFW and Hawaii 3 PAGE 6 July March 2009 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod 3949 Diamond Head Road, Bldg. 300, Honolulu, HI (6816-4495 (808) 672-1505 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment GREEN HARVEST in July. Operation GREEN HARVEST which includes cooperation between the Hawaii National Guards The Operation GREEN HARVEST GREEN HARVEST GREEN HARVEST Harvest is aviation support. The Hawaii Guard and DEA TALL ORDER A U.S. Marshall inspects an eight foot marijuana plant found on Guam during Operation GREEN HARVEST July 2008. DEA helicopter has two spotters while the Hawaii DEA Special COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS Several law enforcement agencies participate in Operation GREEN HARVEST on Guam in July 2008. Law enforcement agents had the help of Hawaii Army National Guard OH-58 Kiowa helicopters to spot the marijuana patches. PAGE 7 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod July March 2009 with that stress. I have personally seen the would want to be treated, and will treat each treated. Marcy E. Houston, NCC, LPC, MHC Director of National Guard Services Marcy.Houston@ Advocate and Group facilitator. I was hired by Ceridian in L ast May, I attended sponsored by the National Guard conference NGB in the war on terror. Hester is a Tennessee resident was She was born in Kentucky and joined the that Hester was a March 20 her convoy attack. Hester turned around to assault the State Equal Employment Manager, 672-1245 or e-mail at rex.e.jones@us.army.mil. State Family Program A loha to our new Director Health for the Hawaii National HIARNG How to reach us: If you have any questions would like to be a part of a FRG, contact your unit or contact the people listed below: Lt. Col. Laura A. Wheeler, State Family Program Director Wing Family Readiness Coordinator FAC Coordinator set of policies, procedures and practices left on the bookshelf until the workforce, health and safety practices, and especially leadership. entered the trenches with a fellow soldier When the battle ended and the bodies More than a year later, Hester still Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester we have lived in North Carolina, California, in April. I worked for the Navy/Marine Corps in PAGE 8 July March 2009 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod Listed below are the inactive duty training dates for all Hawaii Army and Air National Guard units. Dates for subordinate units are the same as their parent headquarters, unless otherwise indicated. All dates are subject to change. Hawaii Army National Guard April May June 4-5 2-3 4-5 2-3 6-7 4-5 2-3 4-5 2-3 4-5 2-3 Hawaii Air National Guard sented by the HonoluluBoard in June at the Sheraton Waikiki. their increase in the ef This years recipients Warrant Officer Roland Salvador and Spc. Mabel he works at the U.S. Property and Fiscal Office warehouse at Kalaeloa. is vice char of the Federal Diversity Council and and diversity. He has and Equal Opportunity ployee relations special one of the supervisors/ cal benefits, workers other specialist across the country. She is re actions. handlers supervisor, was National Guards out Under his leadership, the USPFO-Hawaii ware house received its first ever Chief of Staff Supply Supply Support Activ states and territories. His section received superior the National Guard operation procedures ited resources, he saved Resources Advisory Council, where her 30 Her leadership is key to issues and superior lead ership skills are instru Salvador, a state classification specialist, istrative and technical at the national level. She personnel bed-down without equal in the resources assistant, of the clerical and as the year. She is one of duties, she assists duties illness necessitated her files. She has obtained additional outside train Jones Hashimoto Domingo Salvador Requilman Master Sgt. (R) Stephen M. Lum photo leis) select as State Department of Defense manager and employee of the year are surround by their State Civil Defense family. Delores M. Cook continue record of State the Adjutant General of the year awards. The earned by the Hawaii tal award. Security and anti-ter activities supervisor and planner, both work out of the Special Plans Staff section of SCD. Cooks responsibili vulnerability assess structure protection and disaster response. contribution to the and State has been in leadership and dedicated efforts Hawaii has re response capabilities she kept up with the new criteria, which included prerequisite and received lic Safety Interoperable were put to the test as Guard warehouse/ad retrofitted into a build and office space for a four Disaster Recovery land Security Section. Preparedness and Response and conduct staff effort, and inter he worked on the State dedication and skill as a planner contributed new State plan and, publication of a draft SCD Defense, as the draft serves as the center piece of the new State plan and supersedes the current version of Preparedness Plan for federal-State Coordina tion. feature his roles as tion Chief for the State Center Crisis Action tance Grant approved (FEMA) for the Waialua Fire that con of State forests, federal reservation lands, and private property includ in disaster response op that affected the entire plan for the re-entry of the U. S. National satellite NROL-21. The bilities, and tasks when cies and disasters. contributions listed only scratch the surface of cess of the diverse civil