Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page
Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers of the 111th Army Band, alongside distinguished guest, family and friends, gathered to celebrate the band’s one hundredth year in Kapolei, Hawaii September 21, 2019.
The band was organized and federally recognized October 3, 1919 and has gone through various transitions and locations over the years while never losing site of their mission to connect the military with society through the universal language of music.
Music is a historical and integral part of the US Army and continues to play a vital role by providing musical support to troops and civilians around the world.
See the photographs of the celebration – Hawaii Army National Guard photographs by Sgt. Tinisha Mellein
It’s the million-dollar question in retirement planning: how do I make my money last as long as I do?
New research offers up a tantalizingly simple solution. The study, from the Stanford Center on Longevity Studies and the Society of Actuaries, is aimed at middle-income households with some savings, but not bucketloads (under $1 million) and no pension to fall back on.
Early heads up! The open season is the only time you can make major changes to your TRICARE plan(s). Open Season reference materials will be out soon to beneficiaries.
Sorry for this late post. The RSVP site is closed, but call either Major Kahunu or Captain Johnson if you plan to attend.
On October 27, 2011, Hawaii’s senior Senator Daniel Inouye visited the 199th Fighter and 19th Fighter Squadrons. The squadrons were working toward achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC).
The F-22 Raptors declared IOC in November 2012. Review the Earlier Retiree News post.
Through the years, Senator Inouye was a supporter of the Hawaii Air National Guard. He insured there was construction funds for new buildings and renovating older facilities, and funds for equipment upgrades.
The HIANG benefited from The Senator’s seniority in the senate and his influence as the Chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
From the Wired Magazine website
You’re using strong and unique passwords. You’re on the lookout for phishing emails. And you’ve set up two-factor authentication on every account that offers it. Basically, you’re acing Personal Cybersecurity 101. But with new threats popping up all the time, you may be looking for other steps you can take to protect yourself.
Here’s an easy one: Clean up your digital junk.
Most people have old email accounts floating around, forgotten thumb drives in a drawer, and years-worth of crap in a downloads folder. All that stuff is a liability. Saving data that you want or that will someday come in handy is sort of the whole point of the digital revolution, but holding on to accounts and files that you don’t want anymore needlessly exposes you to all sorts of risks. Your devices can be lost or stolen (or hacked), and big companies can suffer data breaches that incidentally expose your information. So the less there is out there, the better off you are.
Most of us think of medical alert devices as a lifeline for older adults living alone, and the North American market for personal emergency response systems (PERS) is projected to top $3 billion next year, according to Security Systems News, a security industry trade publication.
However, an independent consumer advocacy group says that families should understand what a loved one’s medical alert device can and can’t do before they sign up for a service.
Consumers’ Checkbook, an independent, nonprofit consumer organization created by the Center for the Study of Services, recently shared information and recommendations based on tests of 11 personal medical alert devices. The group partnered with the Emergency Communications Center of Arlington County, Va., to test medical alert device response times, and the results were disappointing.
As part of Peter “Skipper” Pawling‘s retirement activities, there was a golf tournament at the Malama Bay Course on June 6, 2009. As with any tournament there is always volunteers who do the support work in the background.
Two of the volunteers – Skipper’s Crew – were Takao Wada and Craig Harimoto.
It was a great golfing day!
Off Peter J. Hirai’s Facebook page
Friends and family, the Hiki No Artillery Association is fundraising to send microwave rice packages and furikake seasoning to the young enlisted Soldiers of the 1-487th Field Artillery. They are currently deployed to Afghanistan and we hope to get the packages to them before the Holidays. I was a proud member of the Hiki No Battalion from 1984 to 1995. Please share your Aloha!
Donate at the Go Fund Me website
During the summer, Peter started new job at U.S. Army Pacific as a Emergency Management Specialist. He continues as an Adjunct Professor at Hawai’i Pacific University.
Uniforms Changes: Monday, September 30 was the last day for the Army Combat Uniform (ACU) with the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP) pattern. On October 1, ACUs with Operational Camouflage Pattern became the Army standard. The Air Force is currently transitioning to this uniform with the mandatory wear date set for April 1. 2021.
The Army has announced earlier this year that soldiers will begin wearing the “Army Greens” uniform as early as the summer of 2020. It is projected that the entire Army will be wearing the new service uniform by 2028. This new uniform is an adoption of the iconic World War II uniform known as “pinks and greens.”
The Air Force has not introduced its new service dress uniform. But early comments indicated it will closely mirror the Army’s new uniform, but with a belt. This new uniform, “will reflect the Air Force’s 70 year history, particularly in the service dress jacket.
Our updated website software has expanded editing capabilities on the Retiree News website. Among these changes:
– The header image on the website can now handle multiple photographs that appear in a random sequence. The header size (960 x 180 pixels) seriously limit the photographs we can use. However, we currently have no photographs of Hawaii Air Guard F-15 Eagles, C-130 Hercules, and KC-135R Stratotankers that fit the size of the header window. And there is a definite need for more Hawaii Army Guard photographs.
– We can now fully embed certain types of videos and Twitter posts.
This undated photograph show several Hawaii Air National Guard members in a serving line. It appears the timeline is the early 1970s because of the apparent transistion from blue/white name tags to subdued ones.
in the photograph are (L-R): unknown, Jason Chun, Kenneth Hasegawa, Douglas Abe, Randall Hiyane, and unknown.
The location is also in question. The facility does not look like the dining facility on the second floor of the old fighter hanger facility. This might be a photograph of a kitchen in a deployed location.
From the Wired Magazine website
Last month, during his swearing-in remarks as the new administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Stephen Dickson promised to “ensure our aviation system maintains its proper place leading the world in both safety and operational performance.”
That’s a noble charge, and one we can all support. But to hold firm to his pledge, Dickson and Congress are both going to have to ensure that proper investments are made to address glaring, costly, and dangerous technological deficiencies in our air traffic control system to move this critical piece of infrastructure into the 21st century.
Chiropractic and acupuncture services could be covered by Tricare under a new policy set to be proposed in the next several months.
Currently, Tricare does not cover any chiropractic or acupuncture services for military family members.
The proposal will be issued in an official regulation change notice no later than early next year, according to a document distributed to military support organizations this week and obtained by Military.com.
It happened #OTD, 1 Oct 1947, at #EdwardsAirForceBase#military #aviation #flighttest #history pic.twitter.com/zbAhXJlq6r
— Edwards AFB (@EdwardsAFB) October 1, 2018
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the F-86E Sabre, from 1954 to 1958. The squadron later flew the F-86L Sabre Interceptor, from 1958 to 1961.
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