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ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 2010 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 2010 Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee Adjutant General 3949 Diamond head Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816-4495 (808) 733-4246 / 733-4238 Fax Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod THANKS FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE – Retiring Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, the adjutant general, receives the Distinguished service Medal from Gov. Linda Lingle, at the annual National Guard birthday ball in December 2010. Sgt. 1st Class Curtis H. Matsushige photo Department of Defense Organization Mission Youth CHalleNGe Academy The State The mission of the State provides youth at risk with an of Hawaii, of Hawaii, Department of opportunity to complete their Department Defense, which includes the high school education while of Defense, is Hawaii National Guard (HING) learning discipline and life- made up of and State Civil Defense, is to coping skills. Hawaii assist authorities in providing Army National for the safety, welfare, and Personnel Maj. Gen. Guard defense of the people of Hawaii. The Department of Defense Robert G.F. Lee (HIARNG) The department maintains its represents a varied mixture of . Hawaii readiness to respond to the federal, state, Active Guard/ Air National needs of the people in the event Reserve, and drill-status Guard of disasters, either natural or National Guard members. This (HIANG) human-caused. force totals approximately 5,500 . State Civil The Office of Veterans Services . 298 state employees Defense (SCD) 1 serves as the single point of . 440+ Active Guard/Reserve . Office of . 2 contact in the state government 1,080+ federal technicians Veterans . 5,475+ drill-status Army and for veterans’ services, policies, Services (OVS) Air National Guard members and programs. The OVS also Command Chief . Hawaii 1 Not double-counted as drill-status Master Sgt. National oversees the Hawaii State 2 Most federal technicians are also drill- status, some are not Robert S.K. Lee Guard Youth Veterans Cemetery. The Hawaii National Guard III CHalleNGe Academy (YCA) 2 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod Department of Defense: Organization chart Governor Senior Senior Army Advisor Air Advisor Advisory Board on Office of Office of the Veterans Services Veterans Services1 Adjutant General Youth CHalleNGe State Academy Advisory Civil Defense Committee Advisory Council Key Command line Assigned for administrative purposes Hawaii National Advisory capacity Guard Special Services Board Engineering Adminstrative Human Judge Public Senior Inspector Quality & Contracts Services Resources Advocate Affairs Enlisted General Advisor Office Office Office Office Office Advisor State State Family Post Selective Personnel Program Mobilization Service3 Office Office State HQ Hawaii State U.S. Property Defense & Fiscal Force Division Office2 (Inactive) Adminstrative Internal Purchasing & Public Office Review Contracting Affairs Division Division Office Data Resource Supply & Processing Management Service Installlation Division Division State Civil Defense Army National Air National Guard HING Youth CHalleNGe Division Guard Division Division Academy 1Office of Veterans Services is assigned to the Department of Defense for administrative purposes (section 26-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes) 2U.S. Property & Fiscal office serves dual roles as the National Guard representative 3Army Guard positions authorized in Hawaii Army National Guard Table of Distribution and Allowances and Air Guard positions authorized in the Hawaii Air National Guard Unit Manpower Document. However, both staffs have the responsibility to provide direct updates to the adjutant general Adjutant General and Staff Adjutant General, State Civil Defense Director, Homeland Security Director . Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee Deputy Adjutant General . Brig. Gen. Gary M. Ishikawa U.S. Property & Fiscal Officer . Col. Edward K. Chun Fat Human Resources Officer . Col. Randall Tom Engineering Officer . Lt. Col. Neal S. Mitsuyoshi Staff Judge Advocate Officer. Lt. Col. Donald G. McKinney Military Public Affairs Officer . Lt. Col. Charles J. Anthony Senior Enlisted Advisor . Command Chief Master Sgt. Robert S.K. Lee III Inspector General . Lt. Col. Tammy L. Stocking State Family Program Director . Capt . Queschae Blue-Clark Army National Guard Commander . Brig. Gen. Gary M. Hara Air National Guard Commander . Maj. Gen. Darryll D.M. Wong State Civil Defense Vice Director . Col. (Ret.) Edward T. Teixeira Office of Veterans Services Director . Maj. (Ret.) Mark S. Moses Youth CHalleNGe Academy Director . Richard W. Campbell Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod 3 Financial summary Department of Defense Summary of expenditures Federal funds obligated Federal Funds Hawaii Army National Guard . $135,601,753 Hawaii Air National Guard . 197,184,256 $399,858,434 Homeland Security . 67,072,425 Total . $399,858,434 96.9% State expenditures Hawaii Army National Guard . $2,566,195 Hawaii Air National Guard . 813,445 State Civil Defense . 2,334,767 Major disaster . 279,125 Departmental Administration . 4,408,776 Office of Veterans Services . 1,437,023 Hawaii National Guard Youth CHalleNGe Academy . 1,056,775 3.1% Total . $12,786,106 State Funds Grand total . $412,644,540 $12,786,106 Tax revenue of State of Hawaii Federal contribution Army Air Total Civilian payroll . $25,408,617 . $72,992,684 . $88,401,301 Military payroll . 57,878,320 . 36,371,907 . 94,250,227 Supplies, construction, equipment, fuel, travel . 52,314,816 . 87,819,665 . 140,134,481 Total federal contribution . $135,601,753 . $197,184,256 . $322,786,009 Tax revenue generated for state from federal government Sales Tax (General Excise Tax - 4 1/67%) . $3,924,481 . $5,153,326 . $9,077,807 State of Hawaii Income Tax . 6,871,173 . 6,871,173 . 9,022,579 Total tax benefit to State of Hawaii . $10,795,654 . $14,175,905 . $24,971,559 FAREWELL TO THE TROOPS – Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, the adjutant general, is joined by Gen. Craig McKinley, National Guard Bureau chief, and Gov. Linda Lingle, Hawaii National Guard commander in chief, for one last review of the troops at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Master Sgt. Steven Matsuda photo 4 Website: www.hawaii.gov/dod Joint Forces Headquarters Hawaii Training Year 2010 proved Hurricane Readiness Response full complement of Army and to be one of the most successful Plan for the State of Hawaii. Air Guardsmen achieved one of and ambitious training years to A critical piece of this effort the most responsive relief efforts date for the JFHQ-Hawaii. With was the significant role the in the Nations recent history. a multitude of both Army and Air JFHQs played in receiving and Our close partnership with the Guard deployments, there was a processing Mission Assignments Federal Emergency Management significant manpower shortage that the Hawaii Guard units Agency coupled with our fantastic to sustain the daily operational would be activated to support. rapport with U.S. Pacific tempo. Hawaii’s Joint Team The lessons learned from this Command served to accelerate effectively managed and in some exercise enhanced the readiness our response posture and bring cases accelerated it’s operational of both the Joint Staff as well as about immediate humanitarian readiness across a full-spectrum the HING units that participated. relief to our stricken Pacific of mission related requirements. The importance of Makani Pahili partner in American Samoa in Key training events continue and the lessons derived from this an effort to alleviate human to keep the JFHQ staff postured exercise played out as Hawaii suffering and mitigate hazards. to take on the threat of All- experienced one of the most busy Also of note is Hawaii’s JFHQ Hazards. No other exercise sets storm season of recent memory in involvement in the on-going the conditions for the challenges 2009. support to Indonesia and the of a disaster like that of Hawaii’s Of significance was the Philippines through our State marquee annual “Makani Pahili” devastating earthquake and Partnership Program (SPP). hurricane exercise traditionally subsequent tsunami in American These programs continue to held before the beginning of each Samoa on Sept. 30 2009. Hours solidify the excellent partnership hurricane season in May. This before a Disaster Declaration the Hawaii Guard enjoys with exercise serves as the standard for was announced by the White these two important Pacific Joint-Interagency collaboration House, the Hawaii Guard and Nations. It is through these facilitating a dynamic exchange the Joint-Staff quickly assembled Pacific partnerships that the of operational activity that fosters to plan for the response and JFHQs stand ready to engage solid partnerships among key recovery effort that would where and when needed to stakeholders during a scenario- soon follow. Immediately support world-class exercise based disaster. The Category planning efforts set in motion events or bilateral exchanges. As IV hurricane modeled in this the deployment of a Joint Task we grow the programs we set the exercise serves to stress all facets Force from the Hawaii Guard conditions for future engagements of the response community. This made up of 65 personnel from that continue to shape the year the State of Hawaii’s Civil our CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, strategic environment of the Defense in coordination with Radiological, Nuclear, and Pacific. Our contributions in the FEMA Region IX established a Explosive) Emergency Response PACOM-AOR have established first-ever Joint Field Office (JFO) Force Package (CERF-P), 93rd the Joint Force Headquarters as to replicate the interagency Civil Support Team, as well as the cornerstone for superb and Emergency Support Functions a mix of communications, and professional support rendered (ESFs) as a means to codify the public affairs elements. Referred by both our soldiers, airmen and newly developed Catastrophic to as “Task Force HING” – this officers that make up Hawaii’s own Joint-Team. Joint Forces Headquarters Hawaii Staff Director of the Joint Staff . Brig. Gen. Gary M. Ishikawa, DAG, HING Chief of the Joint Staff . Col. Ann Greenlee, Executive Support Staff Officer, HIANG J1, Manpower & Personnel Director . Col. David C. Snakenburg, HIANG J2, Intelligence Director . Lt. Col. Kurt Shigeta, HIANG J3, Operations Director .
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