Off the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii Facebook page
Beginning May 1, 2021, all vehicles entering any U.S. Army Hawaii installation (Schofield, Shafter or Wheeler) must be registered with the Directorate of Emergency Services. Registration is at the Visitor Control Center at Leilehua Golf Course or the Shafter MP station. Please read the Fact Sheet from U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii below.
Downloadable PDF: https://home.army.mil/hawaii/index.php/download_file/4024/0
The National Guard Bureau extended Federal Recognition to the Hawaii Air National Guard on November 4, 1946. Th initial operating location was Bellows AFB in Waimanalo.
The 199th Fighter Squadron and associated units relocated to Area 65 of Hickam AFB on May 6, 1947. Supply support included a truck designated the “Red Ball” which delivered parts directly to the flightline. Equipment was limited as this truck still had Navy markings. Unit startups always included a lot scrounged equipment and parts.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
If you are or were married in the past, you may be eligible to apply for spousal Social Security benefits. “Spousal benefits are often underutilized,” says Ken Moraif, a certified financial planner at Retirement Planners of America in Plano, Texas. The exact amount you receive will be determined by factors including your age, work history and marital status.
You can expect the following when applying for Social Security spousal benefits:
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawai’i Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as an e-newsletter today.
Today we feature the February 1960 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Lieutenant Alexander “Blackie” Bell receives Air Medal for “dead stick” landing.
* 199th Support Squadron receives Federal Recognition
Promotions: include Kiyoshi Koge, Donald Kim. Herbert Funasaki, Albert Keliinui
The COVID-19 pandemic has been good for the blue light glasses industry.
As people in lockdown spend more time staring at laptops and other digital screens, they’re ordering more blue light glasses, despite a lack of conclusive evidence the glasses actually reduce eyestrain or protect from the effects of blue light.
The optical company Zenni says sales for the blue-light-blocking product Blokz have risen 60% annually for the last 2 years, with nearly 2 million pairs sold in 2020 alone.
Off the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Facebook page
Hickam Commissary will be closed on February 24th & 25th due to inventory. The commissary will reopen on Thursday, February 26th, with normal business hours, from 0900-2000.
Pearl Harbor, Schofield and Kaneohe Commissaries will be open during this time.
This undated photograph shows a flightline mechanic guiding a McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom returning from a training flight. The old civil engineering building (now gone) and Battery Selfridge are in the background. A long time ago.
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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 an e-newsletter today.
Today we feature the February 1968 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* 1967 tax preparation info
* Fund raising for a unit sign
* ANG Airman of the Year
* Promotions: including Herbert Isonaga, Richard Tokairin, Edward Richardson, Howard Ikeda, Rocky Silva
Weak and brittle bones don’t have to be part of aging. Your bones are a living tissue that rebuilds itself. Your bone mass reaches its peak between your mid 20s and mid 30s. You can “borrow” from that banked strength as you get older.
This undated photograph shows Kenneth “Kenny” Camara. Kenny’s career in the maintenance complex began in the 1950s. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew North American F-86 Sabres. Kenny was a mainstay through the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger and McDonnell Douglas F-4C II Phantom eras.
From the National Guard Association of the United States website
Space Force leaders are considering a plan that would combine aspects of active-component and reserve service, according to reports. The plan would also include a separate Space Guard.
Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno, the staff director at Space Force headquarters, outlined those plans during a Space Foundation event earlier this month, according to Air Force Magazine.
“We’re actually working on a dual componency, where instead of having active, Guard and Reserve, we have a combined active and reserve force, and then potentially a separate Space Guard,” she said. “We’re really working on trying to figure out how to recruit the best and retain the best.”
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawai’i Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the February 1976 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Sports News
* TSgt Guy M. Matsuguma passes
* Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association news
* Human Relations Council established: Yvette Hopkins, Carol Keanini
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