Retiree News was sad to learn of the passing of Hawai‘i Air National Guard retiree Calvin Chow. He passed away yesterday after facing medical challenges.
Cal served with the 201st Combat Communications Group for many years before his retirement. In civilian life, he worked for Bank of Hawaii for most of his career.
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to Cal’s family and friends.
Retiree News will post more information about services when it becomes available.
Maholo to Clifford Kobashigawa who emailed Retiree News about Calvin’s passing
Retiree News asked Randall Lum to comment on this photograph:
This would have been a November 16 (King Kalakaua’s Birthday) posting of the Guard at ‘Iolani Palace. The photograph shows Luna Koa (1st Lt) Harry Awana reporting to Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa. The princess did many inspections of the Royal Guard over the years.
To Harry’s right is Luna Nela (2nd Lt) Charles Yabui. The individual carrying the America flag is not identifiable. The two Royal Guard members in the back row are Norman Kawamoto and James Pahukula.
Harry became the Kapen Moku (Captain) shortly after this ceremony.
A good easy to understand video….and it might raise your comfort level regarding the brand that you received.
Thanks to David Lopina who shared this informative video
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If you’re age 62 or older and are still raising young children, there’s a Social Security benefit strategy that can put some extra money in your family coffers.
Here’s how it works. When you file for Social Security retirement benefits, your minor children can get money on your work record equaling half of what you would receive at full retirement age, now gradually rising from 66 to 67. Even if you were to take a smaller benefit by claiming earlier, your kids will still get half of your full-retirement age amount.
The CARES Act and the COVID-Related Tax Relief Act, which were both enacted last year, included several tax breaks to help Americans battered by the pandemic. Now it’s time to fill out your 2020 tax return by the May 17 deadline to claim what you’re due. (The deadline was previously April 15 but was delayed because of the pandemic.)
This year’s tax return may be different because of the new tax breaks. For many seniors, the changes for charitable giving, required minimum distributions and the new Recovery Rebate Credit deserve the most attention, according to Letha McDowell, president-elect of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
From the Frolic Hawaii website
American barbecue-style ribs hog all the attention. Meanwhile, the ribs found at a few Chinese roast meat counters in Honolulu are quietly tucked away in a corner to make room for hanging burnished ducks and crackly-skinned roast pork. It’s time for these quietly stunning ribs to take center stage: they are meaty and hefty, roasted just so they have a little give, but not so they wilt off the bone. Glazed and sticky with honey, they are a messy, glorious delight. We tried all the Chinese-style ribs we could find in town. Here are our four favorites:
From the National Guard magazine website
At first glance, the fighter jet that touched down at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, March 11 looked like the hundreds of other F-15s in the Air Force fleet.
But this plane, which made its maiden voyage a little more than a month before, represents the future for several Air National Guard flying wings.
The F-15EX is a modern cousin to the aging F-15C/D Eagles operated by six Air Guard units. The first of those to receive the new aircraft will be Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing, home of the Air Force’s only F-15 schoolhouse.
The 173rd, based at Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base in Klamath Falls, Oregon, will begin their transition to the new plane in 2024. Their sister unit in the Oregon Air Guard, the 142nd Fighter Wing based at Portland Air National Guard Base, will receive their first F-15EX in 2025 and is set to be the Air Force’s first operational F-15EX unit.
From the Conde Nast Traveler website
In this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, we asked our well-travelled readers for their intel on the very best airports to fly into and out of across the world. From the airports to make sure you’re travelling from in the UK, to the best airports in Asia, Europe, the USA and the Middle East, here’s how you voted.
From the Medical News Today website
Several medical conditions can make a person feel weak, shaky, and tired. Dehydration, Parkinson’s disease, and chronic fatigue syndrome, among other conditions, are associated with these symptoms.
Treatment will depend on the condition a person has.
From the Frolic Hawaii website
Korean barbecue? Chances are you’ve been doing it wrong. Or rather, you’re doing it local style, which is fine, but we say you are missing out. The world of gogikui, or Korean barbecue, is a fluid and evolving one, so although there are no hard and fast rules, we checked in with Grace Ryu of Frolic Hawai‘i, our digital dining voice, for her best tips. Whether you’re eating at Gen Korean BBQ House (where this photo was taken), Million Restaurant, Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ or Sura Hawai‘i—chosen by Hale ‘Āina voters as the Best Yakiniku/Korean Barbecue restaurants—here’s how to up your experience.
Apps form a part of our everyday life. From catching up with our friends to playing games, watching films, investing in stocks and banking, there’s not much we do without them.
But what price do we pay for the ease they offer?
Recently Apple updated their privacy policy, giving us more information on how different apps use our data and more clarity on where our information goes.
We’re experts in online privacy, so we looked at the concerns surrounding mobile apps, working out which ones require the most information in exchange for using them. By using the new Apple privacy labels featured in the App Store, we identified which apps share the most of your private data with third parties and which gather the most for their own benefits, to find the most invasive overall.
From the National Guard Association of the United States website
Museum Director Anne Armstrong shares the history of the Normandy Helmet, currently on display in the National Guard Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.
Lewis Lee Millett began his military career in the Massachusetts Army National Guard in 1938. During the Korean War, in February of 1951, Captain Millett led Company E, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment in arguably the most complete bayonet charge in military history. For his heroism in taking Hill 180, he earned the Medal of Honor. Come see the bayonet on display in the Medal of Honor Gallery at the National Guard Memorial in Washington, DC.
High blood pressure can quietly damage your heart, lungs, blood vessels, brain, and kidneys if it isn’t treated
The pūpūkahi is the State of Hawaii Department of Defense monthly newsletter. Printed versions of the pūpūkahi have been the “command information” newsletter for decades, however, it was suspended in 2009 due to budget cuts. It is now a digital e-newsletter posted quarterly.
Click here to read the winter 2021 digital pūpūkahi
Kudos to State Public Affairs Office (MAJ (R) Jeffrey Hickman, MSgt Andrew Jackson, and the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard contributors for another GREAT issue.
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