Vern Miyagi

Vern T. Miyagi is a former administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) who was responsible for the day-to-day operations of HI-EMA from September 11, 2015 to January 30, 2018. Before that he was executive officer at HI-EMA. He is a retired United States Army major general with over 37 years service.[1][2] In January 2018 he took responsibility for the false issue of a warning of nuclear attack on Hawaii even though it was not him who mistakenly issued the warning.[3][4] He resigned on January 30, 2018, in response to the false alarm.[5]

Vern T. Miyagi
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Army
Alma materUniversity of Hawaiʻi

References
  1. "Hawaii Emergency Management Agency - Leadership". dod.hawaii.gov.
  2. "Major General Vern T. Miyagi". www.nationalguard.mil.
  3. "Vern Miyagi apologises for sending missile warning in error". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 January 2018.
  4. Delk, Josh (13 January 2018). "Hawaii EMA administrator takes responsibility for false missile alarm".
  5. Madison Park; Keith Allen; Lawrence Davidson; Liz Turrell. "Hawaii false missile alert 'button pusher' fired". CNN. Retrieved 2018-01-30.


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