From the Honolulu Magazine website
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is full, Chinese all over the world celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival or as it’s commonly known, the Moon Festival. With roots dating back some 3,000 years, the festival is also celebrated in Korea, Vietnam and other cultures heavily influenced by China. The moon is a symbol of prosperity and family reunion, and it is tradition during this season to give mooncakes as gifts to be enjoyed while gazing at the full moon.
In Honolulu, Hong Kong and Cantonese-style mooncakes are the most common: They traditionally feature a tender pastry crust wrapped around fillings like lotus seed paste, red beans (azuki), coconut paste, winter melon, ham and nuts. All can be had with or without salted duck egg yolks, another symbol of the moon, and one that has the mooncake-eating world divided. Being a lover of egg yolk, I encourage you to give it a try.
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 September 1992 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* 201st Combat Communications Squadron deploys to Arizona and Southwest Asia
* Lt Col (Dr.) Stanley Sato wins ANG award
* 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron returns from six moon deployment
* Unique 203rd Air Refueling Squadron member swear in ceremony
* Promotions: including Edward Essman to CMSgt
* Early 199th Fighter Squadron aircraft paint scheme
While researching an upcoming article for a Retiree News post, we ran across a list of Hawaii Air National Guard officers from the early 2000s. There are many familiar names in all grades. Many of the then senior officers are now long retired. Younger officers became the leadership over the years while others left or transferred out of the HIANG for various reasons.
Today we feature the assigned lieutenant colonels. Ranks and unit designations listed are as of May 18, 2001. The names should bring back memories of times past.
List of HIANG Lieutenant Colonels as of May 18, 2020
Previous Retiree News post
List of HIANG Senior Officers as of May 18, 2001
From the State Department of Health website
Stay safe while you’re on the move, Hawai‘i. If you carpool or rideshare to and from work or to carry out essential errands:
Wear a mask in public settings and when around people who don’t live in your household
Avoid touching surfaces.
Limit the number of passengers in the vehicle to only those necessary.
Avoid pooled rides where multiple passengers from different household are picked up.
Improve ventilation by opening the windows or setting the air ventilation/air conditioning on non-re-circulation mode.
After leaving the vehicle, use hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol. When you arrive at your destination, wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
This undated photograph shows a group of Hawai‘i Air National Guard members. We believe the photograph is from the early 1950s based on the aircraft in the background and the uniforms worn. We can only identify three Airmen in the back row.
Fourth from the left: Louis Kono, who served his entire career in the maintenance complex. Louie retired as a Senior Master Segreant.
Fifth from the left: Robert Choi, a charter member of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard when it received Federal Recognition on November 4, 1946. On April 21, 1063. Bobby Choi was the first HIANG Airman promoted to Chief Master Sergeant.
Sixth from the left: Harold Mattos, who rose to Chief Warrant Officer 3 before he received a direct commissioned to captain on April 13, 1961. He assumed command of the 154th Material Squadron on May 11, 1965. The squadron inactivated on November 30, 1965. 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 154th Supply Squadron activated on December 1, 1965. Lt Col Mattos became the commander of the new maintenance unit.
These three Airmen were part of a group of maintenance personnel who worked to raise the standards within the organization.
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 1993 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Cope Cage Exercises
* 154 TAC Hospital deploys to Korea
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* 203 ARS on the move
* Tony Fortney at water survival training
* 292 CCS captures HING Softball Tournament
When it comes to retirement savings, most people think it’s mainly a matter of building up healthy account balances through their working years.
But spending down that money safely once you’ve left the workforce is just as big a concern.
In fact, more Americans worry about running out of money in retirement than declining health, according to a report from Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies and Aegon Center for Longevity. Nearly a third of financial planners (30%) say their clients’ top retirement fear is running out of money, according to a survey of CPA financial planners.
From the Consumer Reports website
For people around the world whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, one major development could help make gathering in crowded locations okay again: a safe and effective vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Vaccine development is underway and moving at unprecedented speed. Experts, including Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have said it’s possible a coronavirus vaccine will be available sometime in 2021, possibly even by the end of 2020.
From the Honolulu Magazine website
No matter how you slice it, there’s a pie for everyone.
Here are our team’s favorite dine-in and takeout pizza options on O‘ahu.
From the Everyday Health website
You may reach for a glass of red wine when unwinding after a long day, treating yourself to a steak, or dining alfresco at an Italian restaurant. And though in the past that glass may have been considered a boon to your health — especially when it comes to your heart — experts say that the evidence on alcohol and your health isn’t conclusive, and, believe it or not, the risks often outweigh any benefits.
From the Wired Magazine website
Chances are, you’re probably using one of the big three cellular providers in the United States: Verizon, T-Mobile, or AT&T. You’re also probably paying a lot for service you may not need quite as much right now. With a lot of us working at home more, well within reach of a home Wi-Fi network, now may be a good time to switch to a new wireless network with cheaper rates.
Mobile data is the priciest part of a cell plan these days, so if you can rely a little more on Wi-Fi instead and downsize your monthly data appetite, you can save a lot of money by switching to an MVNO, or mobile virtual network operator—a silly name that means a smaller mobile service provider that runs on one of the big carrier networks.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
As the population of adults over age 65 in America continues to increase, many are facing a serious dilemma over how to finance the care they’ll need in their golden years.
Financing assisted living and other forms of long-term care after retirement is a bit like an absurdist word problem in sixth grade math class: If you retire at 65 and need to enter an assisted living facility 10 years later, how much money will you need to pay for the impossible-to-predict level of potentially very expensive health care you’ll need over what could be a similarly hard-to-estimate 10- to 30-year or longer timeline?
The basic outlines of the Boeing 737 max tragedy are already well known—or should be well known. Even so, a detailed new report that the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released on Wednesday morning is a remarkable document. In two hundred and thirty-eight pages of clearly written prose, it goes a long way toward explaining not only what went so wrong at Boeing but what has gone badly askew with the American corporation in general, and with American governance.
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