The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) published a weekly update. These news briefs are in newsletter format and shares information Guard related issues and challenges.
This issue features articles about:
Air Force picks a woman as the top enlisted leader
Congress still trying to figure out how to pay the Guard
Check previous issues of these news briefs
Thanks to Maui Quizon, President of the Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association. For sharing this information.
Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page
Members of the Hawaii National Guard partner with family and friends to perform some community service at Diamond Head on June 27, 2020. Participants conducted landscaping on the trails, rubbish removal, painting, and other clean-up activities.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official newsletter of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s 154th Wing at Hickam AFB. However, it began as the 199th Fighter Squadron’s newsletter.
199th Fighter Squadron received Federal recognition and activated on 4 November 1946. It took several years before the squadron’s first newsletter appeared in February 1954. It was a short run; there were no further issues.
The second attempt at a squadron newsletter was in September 1957. In the first issue, there was a contest to name this newsletter. Kūkā‘ilimoku was the winning name and it was announced in the October issue. S/Sgt Arthur Loo won $5.00 for his winning entry.
The newsletter remained the squadron’s newsletter until 1960. The 154th Fighter Interceptor Group received Federal recognition and activated on December 1, 1960. The Kūkā‘ilimoku was now the Group’s newsletter.
With the deactivation of some 201st Combat Communications Group units and the reassignment of the two remaining units to the 154th Wing, the Kūkā‘ilimoku is the HIANG’s newsletter.
Form our inception in 2013, Retiree News has posted issues of the Kūkā‘ilimoku. Most of these issues were from the late 1990s through today’s most current issues. Starting next week, we intend to post issues from 1958 through 1997.
Early issues do not have many photographs but are interesting reading. Issues cover achievements and there are references to Airmen we all knew over the years.
IF you believe this snooping of your data only involves social media apps like TikTok, you need to read this article. Other apps on the snooping list include ABC News, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and Accuweather.
In March, researchers uncovered a troubling privacy grab by more than four dozen iOS apps including TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media and video-sharing phenomenon that has taken the Internet by storm. Despite TikTok vowing to curb the practice, it continues to access some of Apple users’ most sensitive data, which can include passwords, cryptocurrency wallet addresses, account-reset links, and personal messages. Another 53 apps identified in March haven’t stopped either.
The privacy invasion is the result of the apps repeatedly reading any text that happens to reside in clipboards, which computers and other devices use to store data that has been cut or copied from things like password managers and email programs. With no clear reason for doing so, researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk found, the apps deliberately called an iOS programming interface that retrieves text from users’ clipboards.
This photograph shows Maj Gen Peter “Skipper” Pawling and Maj Gen Joseph Chaves. General Pawling was serving as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, United States Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawai‘i. General Chaves was the Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawai‘i.
Both were presenting their organizations at the Hawai‘i Emergency Preparedness Executive Committee (HEPEC) meeting that was held on Jaunary 27, 2012. The then-Hawai‘i State Civil Defense coordinated these quarterly HEPEC meetings. The goal of these meetings was to have as many government and civilian organizations who would be involved with a emergency response together to share information.
The 2019 Taps Roll Call lists the Taps posts during the past year. Take some time to review the listing for those who served with you. All names are linked to their original “Taps” post. Each Guardmember contributed in their own way during their service with the Guard. Some did only one enlistment, while others retired with 20 years, some with over 30 years service. We honor each of them for their service.
Aloha Pumehana to all our fellow Soldiers and Airmen who passed in 2019
Related Posts:
2016 Taps Summary
2015 Taps Summary
A Change with Future “Taps” postings
Retiree News did not post a 2017 or 2018 Taps Summary. We received from feedback that led us to restart our work on this series. The posts for these two missing years will appear later this year.
On June 29, 1955, the first B-52B Stratofortress (serial number 52-8711) entered operational service with the Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Castle AFB and the 93d Bombardment Wing (93 BMW).
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From the Frolic Hawaii website
Not to jinx things, but at a time when we thought we would be covering more closures, we’re seeing instead signs of confidence in brave restaurateurs. At least 20 new restaurants have opened in recent weeks or plan to open soon. It’s more important than ever to support our local eateries any way we possibly can, so these glimmers of hope become enduring beacons for the future of our restaurant industry.
“Working age” military retirees — those under age 65 — who use Tricare Select for their health care will start paying enrollment fees beginning next year, Defense Department officials announced Tuesday.
For the first time since the creation of Tricare Standard, now known as Tricare Select, retired beneficiaries who joined the military before 2018 will pay a monthly fee for their health care: $12.50 for an individual or $25 for a family.
All TRICARE programs are part of the Department of Defense budget. Many believe that TRICARE is a separate funded independently, like Veterans Affairs. The start of enrollment and monthly fees are needed to offset increasing cost or this program.
Fortunately, there is not enrollment or monthly fees for TRACARE for Life (yet). When you reach 65, you are covered by TRICARE of Life, a Medicare Part D program that is free to retirees. To be covered by TRICARE of Life, you must be enrolled in Medicate and have a Part B program which is paid by the retiree.
From the National Public Radio website
Just as supplies of toilet paper are finally getting back to normal, the coronavirus has triggered another shortage of something we typically take for granted: pocket change.
Banks around the U.S. are running low on nickels, dimes, quarters and even pennies. And the Federal Reserve, which supplies banks, has been forced to ration scarce supplies.
This undated photograph shows a F-4 in the radar dock. During the F-102 Delta Dagger and F-4 Phantom eras, there was radar docks on the makua side of the old fighter hanger (Building 3400). During the F-15 Eagle era, the radar docks were converted into enclosed shop and office areas.
U.S. troops can now be punished for using products that contain hemp or cannabidiol, according to a Defense Department memo recently made public.
In February, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Matthew Donovan directed the services to issue general orders or regulations by March 1 prohibiting the use of products made from hemp under Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Thanks to Gordon Lau for pointing out this article
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
Tanker gas keeps the mission going but guess who takes care of the tanker!
Crew chiefs from the 154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work alongside flight line specialists to make sure the HIANG’s KC-135 Stratotankers are ready for action at a moment’s notice.
While topping off the fuel in a car is an easy process, it takes quite a bit of coordination to make sure the thousands of gallons of fuel are distributed correctly throughout the aircraft, keeping the jet balanced for the mission at hand.
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