Hawai‘i Military Affairs Council
The Hawai‘i Military Affairs Council presented a holiday party December 16 in the Ka Nu‘u Ho‘oulu Conference Center at Bank of Hawai‘i.
– Lawrence Tabudlo photograph
The Military Affairs Council; was established om 1985 as a part of the Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i. It advocates on behalf of Hawai‘i’s military, as a major economic driver for the state. The MAC works to support Hawai‘i’s location as a strategic U.S. headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region. Comprised of business, labor and community leaders, as well as retired U.S. military leaders, the organization aims to bridge the military and the community, support the needs of Hawaii based military commands, and attract public-private ventures with the military.
From the Air Force Magazine website
The Air Force isn’t well structured to carry out the National Defense Strategy, and in order to deter a major war, it must add more and stealthier aircraft, expand its use of unmanned systems, accelerate the development of new technology, and learn to operate from more dispersed locations, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
The Air Force currently is sized to fight one war at a time, according to the study, “Five Priorities for the Air Force’s Future Combat Air Force,” which was released January 22. This situation could potentially embolden an enemy to capitalize on USAF’s full commitment to a conflict in one theater by choosing that moment to act in another, thus damaging deterrence, the authors contend.
We need your help. Our Hawaii National Guard Association (HNGA) Annual Conference is just around the corner and this year we are reinvigorating our Golf Tournament.
The tournament is booked at the beautiful Pearl Country Club and there are lots of great prizes to give away. There will also be a buffet banquet with a live band immediately after the tournament, so even if you don’t golf please sign up for the after party. We are also introducing the Warrior Classic perpetual trophy between the Army and Air Guard that will be awarded based on golf scores and how many members from each component participate. Be sure to sign up via this link today and come out to support the Hawaii’s Army or Air National Guard.
HNGA Golf Tournament Team
Hawai‘i Military Affairs Council
The Hawai‘i Military Affairs Council presented a holiday party December 16 in the Ka Nu‘u Ho‘oulu Conference Center at Bank of Hawai‘i.
– Lawrence Tabudlo photograph
The Military Affairs Council; was established om 1985 as a part of the Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i. It advocates on behalf of Hawai‘i’s military, as a major economic driver for the state. The MAC works to support Hawai‘i’s location as a strategic U.S. headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region. Comprised of business, labor and community leaders, as well as retired U.S. military leaders, the organization aims to bridge the military and the community, support the needs of Hawaii based military commands, and attract public-private ventures with the military.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
After years of investing for retirement, how to invest money after retirement should be straightforward. But as with most “shoulds” in life, what should be one way is actually another. Investing after retirement is anything but straightforward. Retirees have to juggle finding safe investments to protect their income streams while not being so safe they risk running out of money in retirement.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers veterans and active-duty military members a number of benefits, including VA home loans. When you use this benefit, the home must be your primary residence, which means VA loans are generally not available for second homes unless you’re moving.
Can you buy a vacation or investment home with a VA loan? The short answer is no.
But there are some situations that allow you to use your VA entitlement to buy an investment or vacation home.
Read on to find out some of the ways in which VA home loans can help you buy a second home.
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
Sentry Aloha 20-1 is back online this morning and we’re looking forward to taking on this final week of fighter integration!
Part of the video is an interview with Peter “Spreadmo” Weidener, former 199th Fighter Squadron pilot.
From the This Day in Aviation website
22 January 1970: Captain Robert M. Weeks and crew flew the Pan American World Airways Boeing 747-121, N736PA, Clipper Young America, New York to London on a 6 hour, 43-minute inaugural passenger-carrying flight of the new wide-body jet. Aboard were a crew of 20 and 335 passengers.
From the Associated Press website
Two different air bag glitches have forced Toyota and Honda to recall over 6 million vehicles worldwide, and both problems present different dangers to motorists.
The Toyota recall affects about 3.4 million vehicles globally and is being done because the air bags may not inflate in a crash. The cars have air bag control computers made by ZF-TRW that are vulnerable to electrical interference and may not signal the bags to inflate.
The problem could affect as many as 12.3 million vehicles in the U.S. made by six companies. It’s possible that as many as eight people were killed when air bags didn’t inflate. U.S. safety regulators are investigating.
Lots of F-4 Phantom footage
The window is closing on the chance to avert a pension meltdown that will slash the retirement benefits of more than a million U.S. workers.
Lawmakers in Washington have been working on ways to protect the benefits promised to participants in multiemployer pension plans, which are created under collective bargaining agreements and jointly funded by groups of employers in industries like construction, trucking, mining and food retailing.
Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate laid out blueprints with very different visions for solutions and failed to reach any agreement on a way forward.
I’m on a mission to get everyone looking after their brain as routinely as they look after their teeth.
William Benjamin Cabus, 78, of Pahoa died January 5 at home. Born in Hilo, he was a retired Hawaii Army National Guard sergeant who previously served in the Hawaii Air National Guard.
Services at a later date. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Survived by wife, Estela N. Cabus of Pahoa; daughters, ChryleCQ Cabus and Georgianna (Steven) Chock of Kauai; sons, Carl Joseph (Cheri) Cabus of Kauai, Armando (Sandra) Espinoza of Arizona and Gilbert (Samantha) C. Nava of California; sister, Maggie Tremaine of Kauai; 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends.
Thanks to Harvey Motomura for sharing this information with Retiree News.
The following article was first published on August 14, 2011, when Retiree News was an e-newsletter.
It started when Stephen Lum, who worked at the State Department of Defense Public Affairs Office, emailed this photograph of Arnold “Balt” Balthazar to Retiree News. We forwarded it to then-Col Braden “Mongo” Sakai for comments. The following was Mongo’s reply.
Lt Col Arnold “Balt” Balthazar was my F-15 instructor in Tyndall AFB, Florida (who handpicked me because our parents are good friends from the US Post Office… his in Maui and my dad here in Honolulu), back in 1987. We (HIANG) later picked him up with the 154th Wing.
Upon joining us, we sent him to USAF Fighter Weapons School and he literally transformed the 199th Fighter Squadron (199 FS) into what it is today. Don’t get me wrong, the 199 FS has always been the best, but, Balt brought it to a new high level of excellence. He, in my opinion, is a major reason why we have the Raptors today. He instilled Excellence in all we do and demanded perfection from the 199 FS.
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