From the Honolulu Magazine website
Multi-course menus, boozy buffets and brunches, stylish special occasion restaurants and old-school meals featuring classic cuts of beef: Treat dad to a dine-in dinner or a takeout meal from one of these top steak-centric restaurants.
Car insurance rates rose by a stunning 16.9% in May, overall, after going up 6.4% in April, according to the Consumer Price Index. So, this is an apt time to look for ways to save money on your auto insurance premiums.
And if you’ve been driving less lately, due to working remotely in the pandemic, or you’ve been struggling to make ends meet, you may be wondering whether you should cut your car insurance costs by reducing your coverage.
From the Everyday Health website
When it comes to supplements, there’s so much hype about their potential benefits that it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. While it’s true that vitamins and minerals are essential to health, it’s not true that taking them in pill, capsule, or powder form — especially in megadoses — is necessary, or without risks.
For one thing, dietary supplements can sometimes interact with each other, as well as with over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medication. In addition, unlike drugs, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is not authorized to review dietary supplements for safety and effectiveness before they are marketed. It’s up to manufacturers to ensure that their products do not contain contaminants or impurities, are properly labeled, and contain what they claim. In other words, the regulation of dietary supplements is much less strict than it is for prescription or OTC drugs.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the June 2008 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* 204th Airlift Squadron crew delivers earthquake relief to China
* Motorcycle Safety
* New HIANG enlistees
* Promotions: including Kassy Costales, Anthony Perry, Edward Barber
* 154th Wing supports the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life
Most people shouldn’t be afraid of federal “death taxes.” For 2021, only estates worth $11.7 million or more ($23.4 million or more for a married couple) are slashed by federal estate taxes, and only a small percentage of Americans have accumulated that much wealth. Plus, there’s no federal inheritance tax to spook your heirs. (Estate taxes are paid by the estate and based on the estate’s overall value, while inheritance taxes are paid by an individual heir on whatever property they inherit.)
But don’t feel too comfy if your assets are below the federal estate tax threshold—a tax bill from your state could be lurking in the shadows. While a number of states have reduced or eliminated their death taxes over the past decade or so to dissuade well-off retirees from moving to more tax-friendly jurisdictions, 12 states and the District of Columbia still impose an estate tax and six states have an inheritance tax on the books. (Maryland has both!)
So if you don’t know boo about death taxes and live in one of the states listed (alphabetically) below, beware. Your heirs could be haunted by a state tax collector. Hawai‘i is on the list!
Ramon “Maui” Quizon forwarded the link to the 2021 National Guard Education Guide and Almanac. It is a great source of information and resources for current and retired enlisted guard members.
View 2021 National Guard Education Guide and Almanac
Maui is the current President of the Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association (HNGEA).
Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the National Guard
EANGUS is the largest enlisted association representing a reserve component in the United States. It was created in 1970 by a group of senior Non-commissioned officers to provide enlisted Guardsmen with a voice on Capitol Hill. Today, EANGUS is a professional military association dedicated to promoting and maintaining national security and fostering the status, welfare, and professionalism of the men and women in the National Guard.
EANGUS represents over 460,000 Soldiers and Airmen who currently serve in the Army and Air National Guard, their families, and more than 300,000 Guard retirees. Current membership is 40,000 and growing.
From the Air Force Magazine website
The Air Force has approved Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., as the new location for F-22 training following the completion of an environmental impact study.
The announcement is another step in the long process of moving Raptor training, which shifted across Florida from Tyndall Air Force Base to Eglin Air Force Base after a massive hurricane in 2018. But while the study and approval mark a crucial step in the process, the move is not official just yet. Air Combat Command said it is still waiting on service leadership to finish its study into tactical aviation requirements, determining which and how many tactical aircraft it wants in the fleet moving forward. Once that is done, the Air Force will make the final decisions on the move.
BLAZON
On a disc Azure, a key Or over a paddle Brun in saltire between a knights chess piece Sable, highlighted Silver Gray, fimbriated Argent, in base in chief an arch of eight mullets of the second, all within a narrow border Silver Gray.
Attached above the disc, a Black scroll edged with a narrow Silver Gray border and inscribed “MA KA ‘IKE KA MANA” in Silver Gray letters.
Attached below the disc, a Black scroll edged with a narrow Silver Gray border and inscribed “201ST INTELLIGENCE SQUADRON” in Silver Gray letters.
SIGNIFICANCE
Ultramarine blue and Air Force yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The key and knights chess piece symbolize intelligence and the steersman’s paddle signifies guidance. The eight stars relate to the three Air Force Core Values, the two Hawaii Air National Guard values and the work, knowledge, power, theme of the motto. The Hawaiian motto, “MA KA ‘IKE KA MANA,” translates to “IN KNOWLEDGE THERE IS POWER” in English.
The 201st Intelligence Squadron operates out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hicakam. The unit’s primary focus is to gather, analyze and interpret information from a variety of sources to allow leaders to make the necessary decisions to protect and defend the national interests of the United States. Through combined research, Air National Guard intelligence specialists create databases of information and materials to support combat mission planning and ensure our airmen are aware of enemy resources and abilities.
One of the biggest travel-related stories of 2021 is the shortage and high prices of car rentals. In many destinations, you can’t even get a car and some people have gotten really creative and desperate by renting U-Hauls.
Here are 15 tips for renting a car in 2021.
You know the importance of saving enough money for retirement so that you have readily available sources of funds to augment your guaranteed income from Social Security and any pensions. But did you also know that how you go about converting your assets into income can have significant tax implications?
Yes, shrimp have cholesterol. But they’re also low in calories, high in protein, and rich in antioxidants that can protect your cells against damage.
We are excited to relaunch our social media campaign. We hope to continue to improve our ability to provide a more direct form of outreach to our membership. The following social media links will get us closer to this goal. Please give us a follow and be on the lookout for our new monthly HING officer spotlight.
Mahalo!
Josh
MAJ Joshua K. Radi, PhD, PA-C
Membership Chairperson
Hawaii National Guard Association (HNGA)
Email: HNGAMembership@gmail.com
Cell: 808-780-0753
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
Air Force Security Forces personnel are renowned for their far-reaching impacts in maintaining safety and security. Through their efforts, operations, military bases, and task forces are afforded the peace-of-mind and operational latitude needed to accomplish the mission knowing that these security professionals have got their backs. So when seven 154th Security Forces Airmen receive recognition for their exemplary efforts while conduction security operations in support of Capitol Police at the United States Capitol from March 12 to May 23, it’s really no surprise. Still, it’s a big deal and we couldn’t be more proud of these remarkable defenders.
Congratulations to these 154th Security Forces Airmen. SMSgt Ryan Schreiner, SSgt. Rodney Pedro and Bryan Tenoso, SrA Ken Anthony Cabreros, and A1C Jacob James, Hunter Johnson, and Sheldon Goya who received Air Force and Army medals for their meritorious actions which significantly contributed to Team Hawaii’s mission objectives and enhanced the overall success of Task Force Capitol in Washington D.C..
Wills and trusts are legal instruments that ensure assets are passed down to heirs as per your wishes, helping to provide for the people and causes close to your heart. While each can be a pillar of estate planning, wills and trusts have key differences to consider, from when they take effect to whether or how much they can be contested. Depending upon your situation, you might need only one or the other, but some people end up using both to help achieve different outcomes.
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