Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association

 Aloha! and Welcome to the Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association  web site.  Membership in the HNGEA also provides membership in the EANGUS, the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States, which represents over 70,000 members from all 50 states.

HNGEA working for Guard members

First of all, congratulations on passage of HB 2605, Vehicle Tax Registration Exemption! And also, much mahalo to the energy and efforts of our TAG, Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, his staff, key legislators, and your Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association (and HNGA) leadership in helping to assure our success in achieving this milestone. We can all “chalk one up” in adding one more benefit to the many others we enjoy as members of the Hawaii National Guard. Our success in gaining and maintaining our Hawaii Guard benefits (e.g., State Tax Exemption, Tuition Assistance, Scholarship Program, Insurance Program, etc.) is the result of one reason and one main reason only -- your HNGEA membership. This is the perfect time to reiterate if you aren’t already a member of HNGEA-EANGUS (for officers, NGAUS-HNGA), or if you have yet to renew, please contact your unit HNGEA POC, your HNGEA Vice President-Air, MSgt Annette Gagarin, or your First Sergeant. The cost of membership is very little, or none really, compared to the substantial savings we all enjoy from our many benefits as members of the Hawaii National Guard. Earlier this year in March 2008, as your new HNGEA Legislative Committee Chairman, I had the opportunity to attend the Enlisted National Guard of the United States’ Annual Legislative Workshop in Washington D.C., where a comprehensive 3-day “Legislative 101” is given to new and current State NGEA Legislative Chairs. I gained an enormous amount of information on our EANGUS and how it’s legislative arm lobbies diligently on your behalf, and developed a keen appreciation for the importance of our voices being heard as one, by both our local and national legislators. Aloha and please – continue to support your number one enlisted professional organization … Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association.