Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
After a long two weeks of intensive training and obstacles, the 154th Security Forces Squadron’s ‘Defender Games’ have come to a close. Participants completed a series of mental and physical challenges to make sure they’re fit to defend and protect our assets under any given circumstance. They ruck-marched, they fired weapons, they practiced combative techniques, but most of all, they reaffirmed their commitment to stay ready for anything that comes their way (and it looks like they had a great time while doing it). Congrats to all who passed the many challenges of the Defender Games and walked away as a stronger individuals and a stronger team!
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 1982 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Cope Canine
* National Safety Awards to HIANG Units
* CAMS News & Views – lots of familiar names
* Promotions – lots of familiar names
* SSgt Vicki Ah Quin Receives Community College of the Air Force Degree
From the Star and Stripes website
The Army National Guard will move most of its brigades under the command of its eight division headquarters as it reorganizes its fighting formations to give the force more combat power and some soldiers new career opportunities, officials said.
The Guard move will mark a substantial increase in the number of fully manned divisions that the Army can deploy, as only the service’s 10 active-duty divisions are now filled out with subordinate units, said Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the director of the Army National Guard. The increase to 18 complete Army divisions comes at a time when service officials believe a major conflict with a near-peer rival — namely Russia or China — would require the employment of full divisions, he said.
Another post submitted by Gordon Lau
Retiree News did not know very much about this photograph, so we asked Wayne “Wildman” Wakeman for comments and some ID help.
This I believe was at Misawa 1980 for Cope North. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) flew F-104’s, F-4’s and there was a third type of aircraft.
This was back in the good old days. As you can see, the squadron patch was still being wore on our chest where the MAJCOM patch is now…
In the photograph are
Top row (L-R): Robert “BD” Darrow, Leonard “Nick” Sporik, Gregory Gardner, JASDF, Dave Nishioka, Garret “Oz” Osborne.
Middle row: Michael Mitchell, Jeffrey Nishimura, Daniel “Stoney” Stone, Joseph “Primo” AhNew, Herman Lau, Lawrence “Cabby” Cabrinha, Clyde Torigoe, John “Saigon” Lee.
Front row, Harold “Ninja” Fujii, Melvin Matsui, Michael “Boss” Tice, Wayne “Wildman” Wakeman, JASDF, unknown
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 1990 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Three Airman’s Medals Awarded
* New HIANG Unit Activated
* CAMS News & Views – lots of familiar names
* Promotions – lots of familiar names
Off the Hawaii Army National Guard Recruiting Facebook page
Congratulations to Edward Correa IV!! Following the family tradition and enlisting into the Hawaii Army National Guard. His family tradition runs deep. To name a few of them pictured is his family including Major General (retired) Edward “Butch” Correa, CSM Richard Correa of #HawaiisOwn Recruiting Battalion, and his Mom Lyn Correa and Ohana!
From the Honolulu Magazine website
“It’s tasty, but it’s too clean; everything needs to be more dirty,” says Andrew Le, chef/owner of The Pig & The Lady. More fermented, more funk. He’s in Japan, tasting the menu of The Pig & The Lady Tokyo, which opened at the end of November. Following Le’s recipes, the Japanese crew at the upcoming restaurant has prepared the same dishes that Le serves in Chinatown, Honolulu. Tasting them across the Pacific is like being in an alternate universe of a Haruki Murakami novel, where everything seems the same on the surface, but the details are a bit off.
For most Americans, relying on Social Security income during retirement is the expectation. Surveys conducted by national pollster Gallup earlier this year found that 88% of future retirees expect to lean on Social Security income, to some degree, to make ends meet. For nonretirees, this represents an all-time high, dating back through two decades of surveys.
It’s an equally important source of income for current retirees, with Social Security Administration data showing that better than 3 in 5 seniors leans on their monthly stipend to account for at least half of their income.
In other words, it’s an indispensable program that’s singlehandedly responsible for keeping more than 22 million people a year out of poverty.
And it’s also in trouble.
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Congress and the White House have proposed a 3.0% pay raise for the military in 2021, keeping up with inflation.
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Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
On May 1, 2020. Brig. Gen. Joseph Harris II become the commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard. The general came here about five years ago from the Northwest.
From the This Day in Aviation website
Lockheed U-2 at Groom Lake, Nevada, 1955. (Lockheed Martin)
1 August 1955: Test pilot Anthony W. LeVier made the first flight flight of the Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance airplane at Groom Lake, Nevada. LeVier was conducting taxi tests in preparation for the planned first flight a few days away, when at 70 knots the U-2 unexpectedly became airborne.
LeVier later said, “I had no intentions whatsoever of flying. I immediately started back toward the ground, but had difficutly determining my height because the lakebed had no markings to judge distance or height. I made contact with the ground in a left bank of approximately 10 degrees.”
Retiree News was sad to learn of the passing of Hawaii Air National Guard retiree Ronald Cozo passed away on July 30. Ron served in the Engine Shop for many years before his retirement. A skilled mechanic and leader who always had a special smile. He was a proud member of the Royal Guard and served as the Kapena Moku (Captain) in later years.
Aloha Pumehana!
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