154th WING HAWAII AIR NATIONAL GUARD | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM SENTRY ALOHA AWACS COME TO PLAY www.154wg.ang.af.mil JANUARY | 2017 2017 KAISER PERMANENTE GREAT ALOHA RUN Race Day Medical Stations – Volunteer General Information Kaiser Permanente is proud to be the title sponsor of the 2017 Kaiser Permanente Great Aloha Run (GAR). This 8.15 mile run/walk from Aloha Tower to Aloha Stadium attracts over 20,000 participants and has raised over $11 million for local charities over the past 32 years. As title sponsor, we encourage all Kaiser Permanente employees, their families and friends, and our community partners to help support GAR on race day. See below for details on volunteering and mark your calendars for this great event! DATE • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 – PRESIDENTS’ DAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Kaiser Permanente will provide and manage medical care during the entire race. On GAR race day, we will need hundreds of medical and non-medical volunteers (12 years and older) for the following: • Medical staff to provide treatment at racecourse and finish line medical stations • Spotters to spot people in need of medical attention. • Assistants to run errands. SHIFT LOCATIONS AND HOURS • FOUR RACECOURSE MEDICAL STATIONS ALONG NIMITZ & KAMEHAMEHA HWYS. • Begin: 5 a.m. • End: Based on station location • FINISH LINE MEDICAL STATION AT ALOHA STADIUM • Begin: 5 a.m. • End: Race end (approximately noon) REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER • TO REGISTER, VISIT KPGARCOMMUNITY17.ORG • The Hawaii Air National Guard point of contact is Rodney Carroll. For more information contact him at [email protected] or 421-8828. • Deadline to register: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 4072CR-15 External Inside JANURY 2016 STAFF COMMANDER Brig. Gen. Gregory Woodrow PAO 2d Lt Justin Leong 2d Lt Shaun Kawakami PA STAFF 6 8 TSgt Alison Bruce-Maldonado SrA Orlando Corpuz A1C Robert Cabuco A1C Stan Pak Published by 154th Wing Public Affairs Office 360 Mamala Bay Drive JBPHH, Hawaii 96853 Phone: (808) 448-8117 Email: [email protected] URL: www.154wg.ang.af.mil 12 16 Kuka’ilimoku SUBMISSIONS Articles: Interview with Brig. Gen. WOODROW | Page 4 • Articles range from 200 to 2,000 words. All articles should be accompanied by multiple high-resolution images. • Include first names, last names and military ranks. Always 292nd CBCS - Change of Command | Page 6 verify spelling. • Spell out acronyms, abbreviations and full unit designations Major PARK assumes command on first reference. Photographs: SENTRY ALOHA | Page 8 • Highest resolution possible: MB files, not KB. • No retouched photos, no special effects. HIANG to conduct first Sentry Aloha exercise of 2017 • Include the photographer’s name and rank, and a caption: what is happening in the photo, who is pictured and the date | Page 12 and location. ISLAND SENTINALS Citizen Airmen guard Hawaiian skies This funded Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for the members of the US military services. Contents of the Ku- ka’ilimoku are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed | Page 16 by, the US Government, the Department of Defense, and the FAMILY TIES Department of the Air Force or the Hawaii Air National Guard. Serving Alongside Family Members This publication is prepared, edited and provided by the Public Affairs Office of the 154th Wing, Hawaii 96853-5517. Tele- phone: DSN/ (315) 448-8117 / (808) 448-8117. Send submis- AIRMAN DEVELOPMENT | Page 25 sions, comments or suggestions internally to the PAO and staff [email protected]. The punctuation of the name Diversity Training : A Key Mission to Readiness of this publication was researched by the Indo-Pacific Language Department at the University of Hawaii. All photos are United States Air Force photos unless otherwise noted. www.154wg.ang.af.mil • JANURY 2016 • KUKA’ILIMOKU | 3 An Interview GREGORY BRIGADIERWOODROW GENERAL e recently sat down with Brig. Gen Woodrow to discuss his aspirations for the Hawaii Air WNational Guard in 2017. How do you feel after your first six months on the job as the 154th Wing Commander? I am incredibly blessed to be associated with such a first class group of professionals. Admittedly, it’s quite intimidating to be a Wing Commander responsible for such a vast array of people and missions. But, what I’ve learned, is that if you can create an environment of achievement, reward, fun... and get out of the way, our Wing members will consistently surprise you with innovation and new levels of accomplishment. Do you have any plans for the Wing as it pertains to 2017? and Sr Enlisted, so that all members are aware, and If anything, our transformation to becoming an can take advantage of the myriad of opportunities “Operational Reserve” will only continue, as the to develop themselves as professional warriors and pace and quantity of our deployments demonstrate. leaders. What I hope to do is offer more to all our Airmen when it comes to professional development, What do you think we can improve on? opportunity, and growth. We have a force Interview by development board at the Wing level, where we I think, as a whole, we are exceptional at mission Tech. Sgt. ALISON BRUCE- meet monthly with the objective of identifying and accomplishment. One of the core strengths of the MALDONADO developing future leaders for our Wing. I would ANG is experience, and the 154th Wing is living 154 Wing Public Affairs like to institutionalize that concept with all our CCs proof of that. Additionally, because we are an Staff Writer 4 | KUKA’ILIMOKU • JANURY 2016 • www.154wg.ang.af.mil ohana, we know how to take care of each other on a personal basis. What I wish we’d improve on is taking care of each other professionally. Awards, decorations, professional feedback, Performance Reports, all of these take time and effort, and culturally our organization is not as good as it should be. We need to up our game organizationally; we should have higher expectations in these areas. Is there anything in particular that stands out from 2016? Wow, so many things: first Raptor deployment, many continuous deployments, numerous leadership changes. Sadly, the one thing that sticks out is the senseless tragedy of losing two of our Airmen in Guam on separate deployments. While both incidents were completely preventable with better risk management, it does remind us all how precious, and precarious life is and we shouldn’t take anything for granted... most of all each other. Is there anything else you would like to Brigadier General add? GREGORY S. WOODROW Commander 154th Wing Yes! My undying appreciation and gratitude to Interview by all the fine men and women of the 154th Wing - for Tech. Sgt. what they offer our Nation, State, and each other ALISON BRUCE- through their selfless service. MALDONADO 154 Wing Public Affairs Staff Writer www.154wg.ang.af.mil • JANURY 2016 • KUKA’ILIMOKU | 5 FEATURE STORY 292 CBCS Change of Command Maj. Jesse B. Park USAF ANG accepts the guide-on from Col. Duke Ota, Mission Support Group commander, during his change of command ceremony in Kahului, Maui on Dec. 4, 2016. Maj. Park became the commander of the 292 CBCS. 6 | KUKA’ILIMOKU • JANURY 2016 • www.154wg.ang.af.mil Major JESSE B. PARK Commander 292nd Combat Communications Squadron How does it feel being in your first command? A couple of feelings regarding my first command: one, excitement…and two, to be honest, a bit of apprehension. It’s an awesome responsibility and I’m truly humbled to be given this opportunity. What are your goals as the new commander of the 292nd? To continue the proud tradition of excellence of the 292nd and hopefully, leave the organization better than it is today. Maj Jesse B. Park, USAF ANG, new commander of the 292 CBCS in Kahului, Maui, takes some time out to help serve food to unit members and their families at the December holiday party. www.154wg.ang.af.mil • JANURY 2016 • KUKA’ILIMOKU | 7 COVER STORY SENTRY ALOHA HIANG to conduct first Sentry Aloha exercise of 2017 01/07/2017 - JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR- HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) will be conducting its first large- scale “Sentry Aloha” fighter exercise of 2017 beginning Thursday, Jan. 19. Oahu residents, particularly along Oahu’s Southern Coast may see an increase in military aircraft as they approach Honolulu International Airport for landing. Sentry Aloha is an ongoing series of exercises, hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing and involves multiple types of aircraft and services. Sentry Aloha provides tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force and other Department of Defense services to provide U.S. warfighters with the skill sets necessary to perform their homeland defense and overseas combat missions. Visiting units will include tanker support from Utah and Tennesse, F-16 Falcons from Minnesota, and F-18 Hornets from California and for the first time an E-3 Sentry (AWACS) from Oklahoma will be folded into the scenarios. The visiting aircraft will be taking part in simulated combat exercises in and around the air space of Hawaii with F-22 Raptors flown by the HIANG’s 199th Fighter Squadron and active duty 19th Fighter Squadron. Sentry Aloha exercises have been conducted by the HIANG, about four times per year, for several decades. This Sentry Aloha iteration will involve more than 1000 personnel and more than Article by 50 aircraft from eight other states and territories. Senior Airman The exercise will run through the end of the month, ORLANDO CORPUZ with units returning to their home stations in early 154 Wing Public Affairs February. Staff Writer 8 | KUKA’ILIMOKU • JANURY 2016 • www.154wg.ang.af.mil A U.S.