Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page
Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and distinguished guests attend the retirement ceremony of Maj. Gen. Arthur J. Logan, former Adjutant General of Hawaii, at the 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Readiness Center, Kapolei, Hawaii, January 12, 2020. A 13-gun salute conducted at the retirement ceremony, honored Logan after 41 years of military service.
General Logan – Thank you for your service to Hawaii
From the Military Times website
Federal officials have just a few weeks to decide whether to go along with a court ruling giving thousands of veterans an extra year of college tuition benefits or appeal the order in hopes of reversing the potential billions of dollars in new payouts.
Federal officials have just a few weeks to decide whether to go along with a court ruling giving thousands of veterans an extra year of college tuition benefits or appeal the order in hopes of reversing the potential billions of dollars in new payouts.
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims issued its final ruling on the case of “BO vs Wilkie,”letting stand an earlier decision that the Department of Veterans Affairs practice of making veterans relinquish their Montgomery GI Bill eligibility in order to receive Post-9/11 GI Bill payouts is improper.
It can be tricky to know if you’re suffering from a cold or the flu.
Colds and flu viruses cause a lot of the same symptoms, but flu symptoms tend to be more intense and come on more suddenly.
Still, telling the difference between a cold and the flu isn’t always so cut and dried.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. This 28-page issue includes the following stories:
* Veterans Day Ceremony
* Command Chief Transition
* Historic Tanker Honored at the Air Force Academy
Review the entire January issue here: January 2020 of the Kūkā‘ilimoku
The 154th Wing Public Affairs Office staff continues to produce a world-class publication. The staff includes:
Capt Justin Leong, Public Affairs Officer
MSgt Misti Bicoy
TSgt Alison Bruce-Maldonado
TSgt Tabitha Hurst
SSgt James Ro
SrA Orlando Corpuz
SrA Robert Cabuco
SrA John Linzmeier
154th Wing Public Affairs Office
360 Mamala Bay Drive
JBPHH, Hawaii 96853
Phone: (808) 789-0419
Email: 154wg.pa@us.af.mil
From the U.S. News & World Report website
The Hawaii Air National Guard will start selecting candidates in April for one of four space control squadrons in the country in the Air National Guard, military officials said.
The state Air Guard would select 88 military members for the 293rd Space Control Squadron based at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.
Recently some retired members of the Hq, Hawaii Air National Guard staff had a reunion dinner. Clarence Fukumoto usually organizes these get-togethers and those attending enjoy “catching up” with everyone.
Back Row: Jerry Matsuda, Melvin Honda, Nelson Jones, James Iwamura, Delbert Dandurant, Stanley Osserman, Clarence Fukumoto, Vivian Tsutsumi, Norberto Baysa, Norman Kawamoto, George Stibbard
Front Row: Rose Baysa, Lois Matsuda, Betty Osserman, May Agcaoili, Sandy Murayama, Ann Miyahira, Sherri Kawamoto
Special thanks for Clarence for organizing this event and sending the photograph. to Retiree News.
The new Setting Every Community Up For Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, just signed by President Trump, is the broadest piece of retirement legislation passed in 13 years. Ultimately, the law focuses on retirement planning in three key areas: 1) modifying required minimum distribution (RMD) (rules for retirement plans; 2) expanding retirement plan access and 3) increasing lifetime income options in retirement plans.
The most immediate impact of the bill will be felt by those nearing or in retirement. If you’re a saver or investor in your 50s or 60s, there are six ways the SECURE Act may affect you:
Earlier Retiree News post on the SECURE Act
Retirees should read both posts because the SECURE Act will affect all of you. For those with financial advisors, it’s time to contact them for a review of your financial plan – if they haven’t contacted you already.
With a system as complex as Social Security, it’s inevitable that misinformation (or simply a misunderstanding of the facts) will spread. It’s hard to understand what’s true and what’s not, and often, our brains prefer the version of events that feel intuitively more simple to understand.
And of course, Social Security is anything but simple to understand.
People tend to repeat some of these not-quite-true tidbits and downright falsehoods so often that they’ve reached mythical status and are often accepted without question.
From the Frolic Hawaii website
Collectively, the Frolic team eats a LOT across Hawaii. As 2019 concludes, here’s a look at the dishes that stayed on our brains and kept us coming back for more.
From the Medical Daily website
Higher-than-expected demand for the new and “remarkable” shingles vaccine Shingrix from GlaxoSmithKline has been so pervasive throughout the United States, the vaccine is now in short supply but only temporarily.
GlaxoSmithKline said it will significantly increase the number of available doses for the rest of the year and into 2020. The high demand for Shingrix is due to its efficacy.
From the Wired Magazine website
That burning feeling in your chest after you eat a heavy meal could be heartburn. Or it could be worry over the drugs you’ve taken to treat that heartburn. Among the top medical stories of 2019 was the discovery of contaminants in common medicines, and ranitidine—best known as Zantac—took up a large share of those headlines. A cancer-causing substance known as NDMA has been repeatedly found in one of the most popular antacid drugs in the United States.
The maze that is Medicare includes some higher costs for 2020 that beneficiaries might want to factor into their health-care budgets.
For the program’s 61 million beneficiaries — most of whom are 65 or older — certain costs are adjusted by the government from year to year and can affect premiums, deductibles and other cost-sharing aspects of Medicare. While each of the changes don’t necessarily involve huge dollar amounts, experts say it’s important to plan for how any increases will affect your household spending.
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