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 October 2009 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Great article about the 154th Medical Group deploying to American Samoa after the tsunami
* Promotions: including Rudy Villanueva to TSgt
* Brig Gen Stanley “Ossum” Osserman comments about “charm” school
* Last two F-15A leaves for the boneyard with JAG and Odie piloting
* Great photographs from JBPHH Air Show 2009
From the Medical News Today website
New research has suggested that people who exercise in the early morning may have a reduced risk of developing cancer than those who exercise later in the day.
The research, appearing in the International Journal of Cancer, may help inform future research into the timing of exercise as a potential way of reducing cancer risk.
From the Go Banking Rates website
The realities you face when you stop working might be a far cry from your retirement dream. Of course, retiring broke or not being able to retire at all are among the worst-case scenarios.
But there are plenty of other snags you might encounter. If you haven’t properly prepared for leaving the working world and living without a paycheck, you’ll have to face the ugly truths about retirement.
From the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website
In a landmark event for Veteran health care, VA began using its new electronic health record (EHR) system at select facilities in the Pacific Northwest and Las Vegas on October 24.
This modern EHR will help improve the health care experience for Veterans by connecting VA medical centers and clinics with the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. Coast Guard and community care providers. It will allow clinicians to easily access a Veteran’s full medical history in one location, without needing to track down information such as pharmacy or lab records.
“This is great news for our nation’s Veterans, who deserve the best health care in the world,” said John H. Windom, executive director of VA’s Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization, which leads the nationwide EHR deployment effort. “This technology will help VA improve health outcomes and access to care for our Veterans.”
This photograph shows Harold “Shaka” Schatz briefing fighter tactics. It appears to be during the F-4 Phantom era. Shaka flew F-102 Delta Daggers, F-4s and F-15 Eagles.
Shaka was one of the great pilots who made the 199th Fighter Squadron an elite fighter unit in the Air Force.
From the National Guard magazine website
A new plan will return much of the Guard’s combat structure to the eight division headquarters.
To better prepare for future fights, Army Guard leaders are reforming the force to look more like the Guard of a century ago.
Under the National Guard’s division alignment plans, the current eight division headquarters are adopting training-oversight relation- ships with other units to include brigade combat teams, aviation brigades, sustainment brigades and other support elements that would be part of a more traditional division structure.
The goal, officials say, is to build out enough full Guard divisions to effectively give the Army 18 true, combat-ready divisions.
Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen, the director of the Army Guard, says the changes are being driven by the National Defense Strategy and the need to prepare for great power competition, which could include more large-scale combat than what was seen during the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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 October 1969 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Fiscal Year 70 budget cuts
* Promotions: includes Nicholas Teves, George Tokoro, Wallace Whang, Wallace Yara, Herman Lau
* 154th Civil Engineering Flight receives Federal recognition
* SSgt Galen Yamada named HANG Airman Award
From the Yahoo Finance website
Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday it has expanded a worldwide fuel pump recall to a total of 5.84 million vehicles for a defect that could cause the part to fail.
The largest Japanese automaker said Wednesday it was adding another 1.52 million U.S. vehicles to the recall that was first announced in January and covers numerous models built between July 2017 through September.
Toyota said the vehicles that have a fuel pump that may stop operating and could result in a vehicle stall, and the vehicle may be unable to be restarted. Dealers will replace the fuel pump with an improved version.
The recalls covers vehicles including the 2013-2015 Lexus LS 460 and GS 350, 2017-2019 Toyota Highlander and 2017-2020 Toyota Sienna and Lexus RX 350 and 2018-2020 Toyota Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Sequoia, Tacoma, Tundra as well as the 2019-2020 Toyota RAV4.
Gerald Minami retired from the 154th Medical Group in the early 2000s. A Traditional Guardmember, he served his career in the medical unit. A great Airman.
In the photograph is Alan Yoneshige, another career member of the medical unit. Alan retired several years later.
We generally refer to the 154th Medical Group as the medical unit. We are currently researching the many organization name changes the unit had through the years.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
Individual retirement accounts, commonly known as IRAs, are retirement fund staples for many people. Traditional IRAs let workers take a tax deduction when they deposit money into their account and then pay taxes when they make a withdrawal.
It sounds straightforward, but exactly when you withdraw that money can make a big difference in how much you end up paying the government in taxes and fees.
Here are five things you should know before pulling money from your traditional IRA:
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 September 1977 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)
* HANG Softball
* Maj Eddie Anderson‘s DIS*N*DAT column
As I write this, there are 42 COVID-19 vaccines in various stages of human trials. Eleven of these are in large, late-stage trials. More than 100 others are under development. Certainly within the next year, we are likely to have the first of possibly many COVID-19 vaccines ready for deployment.
There are many things that are still unknown about that first vaccine, but this we know for sure: However effective it will be at protecting younger adults, it will be less effective at protecting more vulnerable older adults.
Vaccines are one of the great achievements of science. They have saved hundreds of millions of lives and led to the eradication of one human disease (smallpox) and the near-eradication of another (polio). Yet no vaccine is perfect. That is, no vaccine is 100% effective, 100% safe and lasts for life.
In the photograph are the Hawaii National Guard Association (HNGA) delegates at the 2019 National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) conference. Members of Hawaii’s State Partnership Program from Indonesia joined the HNGA members.
A lot of familiar faces including Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Brett “Doogie” Wyrick.
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 August 1985 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* 154th Composite Group receives six awards at NGAUS Conference
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* Promotions: including John Wahinekapu and Franklin Ho
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