Walter Mitsuo Manriki, 88, of Honolulu, Hawaii, passed away peacefully August 11, 2020. Born in Lahaina, Maui. Served Air National Guard (109th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron), retired aviation mechanic.
Preceded in death by wife, Sumiko. Survived by sons, Lane and Ross; daughter Pamela Leong; five grand- children Kylie, Tayler, Lauren, Chase and Rayce.
The family gratefully acknowledges your kind expression of sympathy. Private services pending.
Arrangements provided by Hosoi Garden Mortuary
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends.
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Recruiting & Retention Facebook page
Big Shout-out to Airman First Class Louisa Tanigawa, who was the first new recruit to enlist with the Hawaii Air National Guard’s newly formed 293rd Space Control Squadron on Kauai back in January 2020. She is now a proud graduate of U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training and ready to service her community, state and country.
A Kauai local, Tanigawa graduated from Waimea High School while also completing 4 years of Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC).
A1C Tanigawa will be a Cyber Systems Operations Specialist (3D0X2). She’ll be responsible for designing, installing and supporting our systems to ensure they operate properly and remain secure from outside intrusion. These experts enhance our capabilities and provide us with the best and most secure systems so we can stay ahead of the curve in everything we do. Congratulations!
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 1985 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Col Daniel Au, Deputy Adjutant General retires
* PMRF Deployment for F-4 Phantom live fire
* HANG OHANA Reorganizes
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* Promotions: including Bruce Hara, Randall Fukunaga, John Botelho
* Sport reports
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.
The list will post over the next weeks by grade because of the overall number of officers. Ranks and unit designations listed are as of May 18, 2001.
Today we start with the senior officers. Mature retirees will recognize all the names.
If you’ve ever had the chickenpox — and almost all adults have or have at least been exposed to it– there’s a good chance the virus is still at large in your body. The varicella zoster virus can lie dormant for decades without causing any symptoms. In some people, the virus wakes up and travels along nerve fibers to the skin. The result is a distinctive, painful rash called shingles.
Loadmasters from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 204th Airlift Squadron conduct flare deployment training in the airspace above Hawaii. The HIANG is incorporating area illuminating flares to enhance low-light astronaut rescue ops while supporting NASA’s SpaceX Human Space Flight program.
More photographs by SSgt Orlando Corpuz
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 1985 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Hurricane Iniki Response
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* HIANG Commander Allen Mizumoto promoted to brigadier general
* Promotions: including Jason Iyomasa to staff sergeant
* 154 CAM Squadron wins HING Softball Tournament
* 14th Annual HANG Golf Tournament
From the Department of Health COVID-19 Community Bulletin
Dr. Tarquin Collis, MD, Chief of Infectious Disease with Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, is passionate about sharing his knowledge about COVID-19 with his patients, their families, and others in the community.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in Hawai‘i in March of 2020, Dr. Collis has been heavily involved in caring for patients with COVID-19 at Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center, as well as consulting on Kaiser Permanente’s outpatient population of COVID-positive members. He also helps direct Kaiser Permanente Hawaii’s overall response to the pandemic. Dr. Collis has been active in the community as an educator and has assisted both in clinical research and antiviral drug distribution policy at the state level. The Hawai‘i Department of Health asked him to share his frontline observations in providing care for patients with COVID-19.
From the Everyday Health website
Nutrition can be a hotly contested topic, but health experts agree that eating well is actually simple. “No matter which way you slice and dice the information, the conclusion is you should mostly eat a whole, minimally processed diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, and water. If you can do that, you can’t go wrong,” says preventive medicine specialist David L. Katz, MD, coauthor, along with Mark Bittman, of How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered. Dr. Katz is also the founding director of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in Derby, Connecticut.
In essence, says Katz, there shouldn’t be a need for another nutrition book (like his!), and yet nutrition confusion remains. Here, we cut through some of the bigger myths out there to help you eat better starting today.
Scott Anthony Sai Lun Lee, born December 1, 1978, passed away on September 5, 2020. Scott was born and raised in Kāne‘ohe, Hawai‘i,
He was a 1996 graduate of Saint Louis High School. Scott was a Network Engineer with the Naval Intelligence Warfare Center and a veteran of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard.
Scott is survived by his wife, Monica, and daughters, Asialyn, Kalena Kai, Arialyn and Kawenaula‘okalani; brothers and sisters, Robert (Shari), Malia Siu (Paul), Dean (Betsy), Michele Cox (Mike) and Melissa Lee (Justin).
The family will have a private service with a celebration of life to be scheduled at a later date.
Much Mahalo to all for the sincere love and support for all our ‘ohana during this difficult time. Scott lived life so large, he was The Party, and he made the most of every day. He made everyone feel special and went out of his way to make sure you knew he had your back. His love for all his family and friends was immeasurable, and he would always say he “hit the jackpot with Monica and my girls”. Rest in Love Scotty Boy
Off the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Facebook page
NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor fuels an Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing. To generate and sustain readiness, we provide quality fuel to our mission partners.
From the Frolic Hawaii website
Perhaps one of the most iconic comfort foods of Hawaii, the humble loco moco satisfies like no other. Without getting into the debate over its origins, let’s just agree that the genius combination of rice, hamburger patty, gravy and a fried egg is delicious. We took a statewide tour of some of Hawaii’s classic spots and picked out our favorites.
Related: Earlier Retiree News article rating loco moco eateries
From The New York Times website
The first grandparent to arrive, Rohna Paskow, had taken the train from suburban Philadelphia. She saved seats for her daughter-in-law’s parents, Charles and Michele Buchbauer, who were driving 50 miles from rural New Jersey to join her.
Their grandson’s birth was still two months away. But Ms. Paskow’s daughter-in-law had asked everyone to sign up for this workshop, called “Now That You’re a Grandparent … Navigating Your Relationship With Your Adult Children,” at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.
Medicare will pay for a lot of your health care expenses. But whether you have Original Medicare or a Medicare Advantage Plan, you’ll still have medical costs that your plan won’t cover. Those expenses you have to pay, called out-of-pocket fees, can add up fast.
But there’s good news. With a little research, you can get help from supplemental plans and other programs that will cut down your medical bills and keep more money in your pocket.
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