Linkmeister

Who's my neighbor?

Who's in Iraq and Afghanistan? Governors express concerns to Pentagon officials. In Washington state, "...62 percent of its 87,000 Army National Guard soldiers are on active duty, including the majority of the guard's best-trained firefighters, at a time when wildfires are beginning to sweep through the state, according to state officials."

Here's the most recent Hawai'i breakdown:

Employers with members of the Hawai'i Air and Army National Guard or Army Reserve:

• Department of Education: 600 (estimated)

• City and County of Honolulu: The city estimated in 2001 that 3 percent of its then 10,579 employees were members of the Guard or Reserve, most in the HPD and HFD.

• Honolulu Police Department: 192 (40 face impending call-up)

• Honolulu Fire Department: 90 (estimated; 10 face impending call-up)

• HECO: 26

• Aloha Airlines: 43 out of 340 pilots.

Not to mention all the self-employed and small business owners.

And Honolulu is a city of some 370,000 people. (Oahu has 874,300 residents). I can imagine the impact on smaller places.

Posted by Linkmeister at July 20, 2004 11:07 AM