Vern T. Miyagi is a former administrator of the

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(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

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with over 37 years service. 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. He resigned on January 30, 2018, in response to the false alarm.

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*http://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/emergency-administrator-vern-miyagi-explains-hawaii-s-false-alarm-1136922179660 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American civil servants Hawaii National Guard personnel National Guard (United States) generals University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni American accountants {{US-army-bio-stub