This January, we’re going to offer you the chance to make some changes which will improve your cybersecurity posture and keep you safer all year long. To do this, we’ll give you some background information on each “cybersecurity New Year’s resolution” and also walk you through the steps needed to take action.
For many people, these may be things that they’ve been putting off for a while — things that they know are important, but which they haven’t gotten around to just yet. If that describes you, now’s the perfect time to turn over a new leaf!
And by the way: If you have already taken these precautions, consider sending these guides to a friend or relative (or even better, sitting down with them and walking them through the process).
While this article talks about iMacs, all your computers should have a password manager
From the U.S. News & World Report website
Taking advantage of senior citizen discounts may reduce your retirement costs and free up funds for other activities. “Every dollar can really add up,” says Sara Skirboll, a shopping and trends expert at RetailMeNot.
When looking for discounts, always keep your identification handy, as some places will ask to see a form of ID to check that you have reached the qualifying senior discount age before applying any promotions. The amount you save might depend on factors like your age or whether you use the discount on a certain day of the week or month. “Some discounts and offers are only available for specific dates or times, and the age requirements vary from place to place,” Skirboll says.
How would you like to add seven to 10 healthy, disease-free years to your life as you age?
Try eliminating these five bad health habits: smoking, not exercising, being overweight, drinking too much alcohol and eating an unhealthy diet.
That’s the takeaway from a new study that analyzed the impact of those behaviors on the chance of living a longer life free of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and other chronic diseases.
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
When it comes to air superiority, it’s hard to top the capabilities of our Hawaiian Raptors. Unless, of course, you combine their airpower with the world’s most sophisticated fifth-gen aircraft!
We are now training with F-35A Lightning IIs, based out of Luke Air Force, Ariz., as part of exercise Pacific Raptor 20-1. Not only does this new iteration of training combine the most-advanced weapon systems in existence, but these stealthy fighters are training with the 18th Aggressors, from Eielson AFB, Alaska.
Pacific Raptor builds off the pre-established momentum and infrastructure of Sentry Aloha to reduce expenditures, enhance combat tactics and progress annual training requirements. It takes a world-class team of Airmen to take on this feat, and in our case, each step of the way is led by professionals from the Air Force’s Active Duty, Reserve and Air National Guard components.
From the Air Force Magazine website
Hundreds of F-35s could have the wrong fasteners in “critical areas,” according to the Defense Contract Management Agency. But F-35 builder Lockheed Martin says the problem may not need to be fixed.
“All aircraft produced prior to discovery of this [problem] have titanium fasteners incorrectly installed in locations where the design calls for Inconel,” the F-35 Joint Program Office said in an email in response to a query from Air Force Magazine. “Because of this, the engineering safety analysis of the issue has assumed that each critical F-35 joint was assembled with the incorrect fasteners.”
“Turn off the lights.” “Why would you go out and spend money for coffee?” I grew up middle-class in the 1950s with a litany of lines like that from my Depression-era mother. Usually, I didn’t listen to them. But now that I’m 70 and figuring out ways to budget in retirement in San Francisco, I’m taking my mom’s advice to heart.
It’s not easy.
But my retired husband Jim, who’s 76, and I have realized we needed to stop bleeding money. So, we’re getting better at it. And you might want to try some of our money-saving techniques, too, if you’re retired or will be soon.
For most of the 1960s, the maintenance control section of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was located in the old fighter hanger, Building 3400.
It was a very small room on the second floor, makua, Diamond Head side of the hanger. Current controllers would be shocked at the size of the room, tiny in comparison with today’s facility. There were no computers – lots of papers and a few white boards. There were several windows that provided views of the flightline.
We believe the Airman in the photograph is Rudy Luat.
Your electronic IRS Form 1095-B for 2019 is available on myPay at https://mypay.dfas.mil/
This Form 1095-B provides information about the individuals in your tax family (yourself, spouse, and dependents) who had certain health coverage (referred to as “minimum essential coverage”) for some or all months during the year. Minimum essential coverage includes government-sponsored programs, eligible employer-sponsored plans, individual market plans, and other coverage the Department of Health and Human Services designates as minimum essential coverage.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form1095B for instructions and the latest information.
From the State Department of Health website
An outbreak of a 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan City, China has been developing since December 2019. This outbreak now includes thousands of infections in China with confirmed cases also in a number of other countries, including the United States (five cases total in Washington, Arizona, California, and Illinois). Testing normally available through clinical laboratories is not able to detect 2019-nCoV. Testing is being performed by CDC in conjunction with state health departments.
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
It’s always exciting to see familiar faces back on our flight line again, such as Tech. Sgt. Cory Snyder, an F-15 Eagle dedicated crew chief in the California Air National Guard. As a prior HIANG member, Snyder worked on F-15s, for five years, followed by seven years of maintenance on our F-22 Raptors.
While he’s no longer based within the Hawaiian Islands, we always consider Airmen like Snyder as members of our extended Ohana and are glad to see him continue to thrive at his profession. It’s exercises such as Sentry Aloha that bring Airmen together and reminds us that we are in a large Air Force, but a small community.
From the Military Times website
Commissary customers’ savings continued their upward trend in fiscal 2019, with average worldwide savings of 25.6 percent compared to civilian grocery stores, according to a report from the Defense Commissary Agency.
Overall, those savings are up from the 23.9 percent savings for fiscal 2018. But savings measured in overseas stores declined to 42.2 percent, from the 44 percent savings level in 2018. Officials attribute that drop overseas to the lower cost of living allowance in fiscal 2019.
AAA Hawai‘i publishes a monthly magazine for Hawai‘i members. In a recent issue, there were several articles about Hawai‘i car clubs. The article featuring the Kaua‘i Classic Car Club covered the club co-founder, Harvey Maeda.
Harvey is a retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard members who served in several Kaua‘i Air Guard units as a vehicle maintenance mechanic. A great individual!
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