This photograph was taken in Lihue on September 12, 1992 by 2nd Lt Steve C. Lai.
In the photograph (L-R): Spec. Duane Caceres, a merchandiser fro Hilo stands by as 1Lt Moses Kaoiwi, a police officer from Hilo, and SSG Clyde M. Tabata, a full-time maintenance platoon sergfean with the Hawaii National Guard at Hilo confer on security operation at one of Lihue’s shopping centers.
The soldiers are members of Hilo’s Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry.
In order to properly protect our Pearl Harbor Survivors and World War II Veterans in attendance, this year’s Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration will be closed to the public.
The Ceremony in its entirety will be live streamed via our social media pages.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial will reopen to the public at 11:30 with USS Arizona Memorial Programs running every 30 minutes from 12 pm – 3:30 pm.
Advance Reservations via Recreation.gov will be required from 12/5 – 12/7.
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 November 1968 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Hawaii Gardsman Magazine recogni
* Maj John Lee in Arizono to complete his doctorate
* Promotions – including Gary I. Soma to Sgt, John King to Capt
* ECI Completions
Do certain daily sounds trigger an over-the-top emotional reaction, but yet don’t seem to bother anyone else?
This is the case with misophonia — a strong dislike or hatred of specific sounds.
From the Images of Old Hawaii website
Originally an Army camp named Camp Waimea, when the population in town was about 400, it became the largest Marine training facility in the Pacific following the battle of Tarawa. Camp Tarawa trained over 50,000 servicemen between 1942 and 1945 in the community of Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaiʻi.
There were three ways to get to Camp Tarawa – by narrow-gage sugarcane freight train; by hard-axle truck or on foot. The 3rd Marine Corps built a small airstrip near town, consisting of a graded and oiled airstrip 3,000-feet long on land belonging to Parker Ranch. This facility was known as Bordelon Field.
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 November 1976 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Management Effectiveness Inspection coming in December
* Security Eduction
* Bits and Pieces
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From the U.S. News & World Report website
Aging is a normal process that happens to everyone. Your body is equipped with health defenses such as immunity to help fight off things that may harm it, such as too much sugar or cigarette smoke.
The more your body is exposed to harmful things, the more likely it is that your body will age more quickly, says Dr. William W. Li, author of The New York Times bestselling book “Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself” and president of the Angiogenesis Foundation in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In a ceremony that ensured all guidelines were followed with regards to COVID-19 policies, the Guam Air National Guard held a change of command ceremony last Friday, April 3, 2020, at the Guard’s Readiness Center, in Barrigada.
Col. Christopher “Frenchy” Faurot took command of the Guam Air National Guard’s 254th Air Base Group during a ceremony officiated by Brig. Gen. Johnny S. Lizama, Assistant Adjutant General – Air, Guam National Guard, at the Guard’s Readiness Center, in Barrigada, while the outgoing commander, Col. D. Graham Botha, participated via Facetime as he was adhering to quarantine policies.
Lizama thanked Botha for his leadership for the past 16 months. “I’d like to thank you for your outstanding service. Being commander is not an easy job. It’s one of the loneliest jobs, but it’s also one of the most rewarding jobs you’ll ever have. Thank you for taking care of the men and women of the Guam Air National Guard. Thank you for being a leader. For those that needed leadership and guidance, thank you for being that pillar of leadership”.
In a traditional change of command ceremony, the guidon would have been passed to the incoming commander in front of all airmen of the Guam Air National Guard. However, the ceremony still held true to military tradition, and all customs and courtesies were followed and given to the leaders present. After Botha relinquished command, Faurot saluted and said, “Sir, I assume command.” All authority and responsibility for the 254th Air Base Group transfers immediately to him. Additionally, the trust and allegiance of all airmen transfers to their newly appointed commander.
Faurot thanked Maj. Gen. Esther J.C. Aguigui, The Adjutant General of the Guam National Guard, for the opportunity. “I look forward to taking this organization and moving it forward and getting it through this current COVID-19 crisis. Command at any level is an honor,” he said.
From the National Public Radio website
If Jeff Bezos can’t keep his phone safe, how can the rest of us hope to?
Sure, Bezos, Amazon’s CEO and the owner of The Washington Post, is smart and presumably has good security people helping him, says Matthew Green, a computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University. But, Green says, “the bad thing about being Jeff Bezos is that there are a lot of people with huge amounts of money who want to hack you.”
Still, a targeted hack like the one the Saudis allegedly used against Bezos to get troves of information off his phone — which involved a video file allegedly sent by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Bezos over WhatsApp — is costly and hard to pull off, says Green, an expert on cryptography and cybersecurity.
Green says that if you’re not very wealthy and not a celebrity, a politician or a top executive, “you probably are not a target.” At least for that type of attack.
That’s the good news. The not-so-good news: Research shows that more general-purpose malware aimed at phones that the rest of us use is also on the rise.
So here’s what you need to know to reduce your chances of getting hacked.
From the Medical News Today website
Over the years, scientists have demonstrated an association between red and processed meats and cancer. However, they are still unpicking the mechanisms that drive this relationship.
The authors of a recent study, which appears in BMC Medicine, argue that at least part of the answer might lie in an immune interaction.
Nutrition and dietary habits play pivotal roles in a wide range of health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, obesity, cancer, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
Red meats and processed meats have each received a fair amount of attention in this regard. Both have been implicated in cancer risk, but how they exert their influence is up for debate.
Stanley Dela Cruz forwarded the following information.
I would like to inform all of the recent passing of Larry Nagata, a retired member of the Hawaii Air National Guard and of the former 150th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, Kokee AFS. Larry was in the Motor Pool section and was also one of the civilian guards working at the site.
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends.
Retiree News will post information about services when it becomes available.
This undated photograph was taken after a 199th Fighter Squadron change of command ceremony. Lt Col Christopher Faurot took command of the squadron from Lt Col Glen Nakamura. Although undated, the ceremony probably occurred in 2011, shortly after the squadron started flying Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors.
In the fore ground (L-R): Wayne “Wildman” Wakeman, Jeffrey “Sumo” Namihara, Tai “Mynah” Hong, Edward “Rick” Richardson, Christopher “Frenchy” Faurot, Chris “Sock” Sakamoto, Clinton “Church” Churchill, Joseph “Primo Joe” Ah New, Glen “Knockers” Nakamura, Braden “Mongo” Sakai.
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