  {"id":194770,"date":"2024-04-02T14:08:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=194770"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:08:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:08:50","slug":"army-rotc-golf-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/02\/army-rotc-golf-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Army <abbr>ROTC<\/abbr> hosts record golf tournament honoring Fallen Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_194793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194793\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-golf-tourn-students.jpeg\" alt=\"students throwing shakas\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-golf-tourn-students.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-golf-tourn-students-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-golf-tourn-students-130x73.jpeg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Army <abbr>ROTC<\/abbr> students took part in organizing the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/undergrad\/armyrotc\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> M\u0101noa Army <abbr title=\"reserve officers training corps\">ROTC<\/abbr><\/a> program honored its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warriorbattalionarotcalumni.com\/17-fallen-warriors\">17 Fallen Warriors<\/a> through a time-honored tradition. The 13th Annual Fall Warrior Golf Tournament was held at the Waikele Country Club on March 29, and drew a record crowd of 196 golfers and 65 banquet attendees. Alumni, guests and families united for a day of camaraderie and reverence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194794\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-fallen-warrior-display-300x170.jpeg\" alt=\"signage dedicated to the fallen warriors\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-194794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-fallen-warrior-display-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-fallen-warrior-display-130x73.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-fallen-warrior-display.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 17 Fallen Warriors were honored with dedicated holes throughout the golf course.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warriorbattalionarotcalumni.com\/\">Warrior Battalion Army <abbr>ROTC<\/abbr> Alumni Association<\/a>, the tournament was organized with the help of <abbr>ROTC<\/abbr> students. Seniors led committees overseeing various aspects, from logistics to entertainment, while juniors focused on fundraising and storytelling, honoring each Fallen Warrior at dedicated holes throughout the golf course. As golfers teed off, juniors recounted the valiant deeds of the Fallen Warriors, ensuring their legacies lived on. <\/p>\n<p>The banquet that followed celebrated their memory, with various prizes, which will contribute toward the alumni association&#8217;s funds for future events and the upkeep of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/05\/12\/hawaiian-warrior-forever-honors-uhs-fallen-warriors\/\">Fallen Warrior Memorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On behalf of class 1974&#8230;I wish this class the joys and benefits from the program, and I hope they can say that 50 years from now,&rdquo; said Brig. Gen. (ret.) James Hirai. <\/p>\n<p>Organizers thanked their sponsors, volunteers and participants, who each played a vital role in the tournament&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194792\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-golf-tournament-2024.jpeg\" alt=\"group of people throwing shakas\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-golf-tournament-2024.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-golf-tournament-2024-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-rotc-golf-tournament-2024-130x73.jpeg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Army <abbr>ROTC<\/abbr> alumni and instructors participated in the annual golf tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual time-honored tradition drew a record crowd of 196 golfers and 65 banquet attendees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[679,1466,1611,9],"class_list":["post-194770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-rotc","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194770"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194810,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194770\/revisions\/194810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}