Attached is today’s COVID-19 Daily News Update issued by Hawaii State Department of Health.
There is a large amount of speculation regarding COVID-19, please rely on OFFICIAL sources for accurate information. We added a long term post on the maroon bar above titled “COVID-19 Information.” The post includes links to the Hawaii Department of Health, the CDC and the FEMA websites.
This photograph, taken in 1980, shows a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II on the 154th Wing flightline. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Phantoms from 1976-1987. On the cart are AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles.
Actual missile firings were restricted to specific training ranges. The weapons loader crews uploading missiles before a training flight and later downloaded them with the aircraft returned. A never ending job.
From the Frolic Hawaii website
Mother’s Day is special, no matter what the circumstances. Whether you celebrate at the table with Mom or order her a feast to share on Zoom, there are dozens of takeout meals that will make her feel special. Scroll below to find Mother’s Day takeout menus for any budget, ranging from bentos and family pack meals to luxe sushi platters, whole roast suckling pig and an all-day feast.
The federal government’s accounting agency has taken issue with the cost estimates used by the Defense Department to support a proposed merger of its commissary system with the military’s three separate exchange services.
In a report ordered by Congress last year and released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, GAO analysts found fault with several underlying premises of a business case analysis done by a Pentagon task force on consolidating the military’s resale store systems.
Earlier Retiree News post on this merger
Webmaster comment: Since the start, exchanges are resisting the merger plan with the faltering commissaries. The four exchanges systems are making money and improving their online presence. Additionally, these four systems must merge into one exchange system before merging with the commissary system. Congress must approve all merge actions.
The Defense Health Agency and its TRICARE pharmacy benefits manager, Express Scripts, are limiting prescriptions for several medications used by hospitals to treat patients with the novel coronavirus.
Pentagon officials said last week they have limited prescriptions containing albuterol and levalbuterol, also known by the brand names ProAir, Proventil, Ventolin and Xopenex, to one inhaler every 30 days to prevent shortages of these medications, which also are used to help COVID-19 patients breathe.
Attached is today’s COVID-19 Daily News Update issued by Hawaii State Department of Health.
There is a large amount of speculation regarding COVID-19, please rely on OFFICIAL sources for accurate information. We added a long term post on the maroon bar above titled “COVID-19 Information.” The post includes links to the Hawaii Department of Health, the CDC and the FEMA websites.
From the This Day in Aviation website
6 May 1941: Just eight months after a prototype for a new single-engine fighter was ordered by the U.S. Army Air Corps, test pilot Lowery Lawson Brabham took off from the Republic Aviation Corporation factory airfield at Farmingdale, New York and flew the prototype XP-47B Thunderbolt, serial number 40-3051, to Mitchel Field, New York. When he arrived, he exclaimed, “I think we’ve hit the jackpot!”
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew P-47 Thunderbolts from 1947 through 1954
From the National Guard Association of the United States website
The National Guard is expected to welcome three new leaders to the top positions of the National Guard later this year after President Trump nominated officers to serve as NGB chief and the director of the Air National Guard.
Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, the current director of the Army National Guard, was nominated Monday to serve as the Guard’s next top officer.
If confirmed by the Senate, Hokanson would be promoted to four-star general and take a seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He would replace Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, who has served as the 28th chief of the National Guard Bureau since August 2016.
From the Everyday Health website
By now, you’re likely familiar with the common symptoms of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 — dry cough, fever, and shortness of breath. But scientists and healthcare professionals are exploring another potential symptom of the disease: itchy red bumps on the toes and sometimes fingers, now commonly referred to as “COVID toes.”
“We feel strongly these symptoms are connected to the virus,” says Lindy Fox, MD, a dermatologist and a professor of clinical dermatology at the University of California in San Francisco and a member of the COVID-19 task force at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).
These undated photographs show David Wilkerson with some personnel in formation in the Support Facility courtyard. He served in the 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron for many years.
Update: David relocated to Minnesota and continues his military career as a Junior ROTC instructor at North High School (North St. Paul, Minnesota).
Great individual!
The coronavirus crisis has torn the Band-Aid off the financial fragility of many Americans. With an unemployment rate between 15% and 20%, bank accounts draining, and the Dow down 23% in the first quarter, things are dreadful for millions of people. But Americans in their 50s and 60s nearing retirement may be among the most endangered.
Many already weren’t on track for retirement, with little or no savings. Now, the COVID-19 downturn threatens to further undermine America’s vulnerable public and private retirement systems. Long story short: the pandemic is making the retirement crisis worse.
Aloha Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Members:
See the linked HNGEA Presidents Update for latest on your HNGEA and EANGUS. Although challenging times, your HNGEA continues to advocate on your behalf legislation first, membership always .
Feel free to call or email if there are any questions.
R. Maui Quizon, SMSgt (ret), HIANG
President, HNGEA (EANGUS)
(808) 228-0915
Post Office Box 8934434, Mililani, HI 96789
https://www.hngea.org
An estimated 3.4 million Americans age 40 and older are blind or have a visual impairment (a visual acuity of 20/40 or less), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The most common diseases are: glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetic retinopathy .
Attached is today’s COVID-19 Daily News Update issued by Hawaii State Department of Health.
COVID-19 Daily News Digest Update May 4, 2020
There is a large amount of speculation regarding COVID-19, please rely on OFFICIAL sources for accurate information. We added a long term post on the maroon bar above titled “COVID-19 Information.” The post includes links to the Hawaii Department of Health, the CDC and the FEMA websites.
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