From the Air Force Magazine website
The 737th Training Group revamped U.S. Air Force basic military training to inspire and develop MACH-21 Airmen. In order to achieve this goal, BMT curriculum changes improve all aspects of training across an 8.5-week program that focuses on readiness, lethality, airmanship, fitness and warrior ethos. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)
If a credit-card provider, mortgage lender or auto lender checks your credit score after you apply for a loan or new credit, your score might take a slight dip.
But here’s the good news: That dip will be small, often only five points or so, according to myFICO, the people behind the widely used FICO® credit score. And if you check your own score, it won’t fall a bit. Your credit score is never penalized when you check it yourself.
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that causes a gradual loss of muscle control. The symptoms of Parkinson’s tend to be mild at first and can sometimes be overlooked. Distinctive signs of the disease include tremors, stiffness, slowed body movements, and poor balance. Parkinson’s was originally called a “shaking palsy,” but not everyone with Parkinson’s has a tremor.
Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page
Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and Airmen recently visited an orphanage in Manila Philippines at the end of State Partnership Program (SPP) exchange.
From the United Press International (UPI) website
Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., is the first guard base to receive a next-generation KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker plane.
The plane arrived late Thursday at the 157th Air Refueling Wing for a ceremonial welcome as rock music played and fire trucks sprayed arcs of water. Pilot Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, Air National Guard, concluded his 40-year military career in bringing the plane to his home state.
Many people won’t have children to look after them as they age, either because they didn’t have kids or the ones they have aren’t available or reliable. Without that help, they face greater risks of isolation, financial exploitation, malnutrition and other ills, says Geber, author of “Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers.”
Who will let them know when it’s time to stop driving? Who will notice signs of physical or cognitive decline and find appropriate help? Who will pay their bills, vet their financial advisors and monitor their bank accounts? Who will hire and supervise caretakers or research nursing facilities when they can no longer care for themselves?
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Combined Task Force 501 (CTF-501) 2019 brings together troops from Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh, and the Hawaii and Oregon National Guard’s to hone urban search and rescue skills
View the video coverage
The Air Reserve Meritorious Service Medal (ARMS) was established by Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert on April 1, 1964 as a ribbon award known as the Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Ribbon (ARFMSR). It was converted to a medal on November 2, 1971 by Secretary of the Air Force Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
The medal is awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity while serving in an enlisted status in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. It is a good conduct award for Air Reserve Forces airmen. When originally awarded as a ribbon, the service period was a four continuous year period.
For individuals with a beginning date after June 30, 1972, the length of service requirement is three continuous years of service. Award the medal to individuals who accrue at least one year, but less than three years toward award of the medal and terminate their enlisted Reserve status as a commissioned or warrant officer regardless of the beginning eligibility date.
Any additional awards of the ARFMSM beyond the initial decoration are denoted by oak leaf clusters.
In doing research for this post, Retiree News found this October 18, 1973 letter awarding qualified 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron members their Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Ribbon.
Check out the award letter for familiar names: 1973 ARFMSR listing
From the Kaiser Health News website
Now that it’s upending the way you play music, cook, shop, hear the news and check the weather, the friendly voice emanating from your Amazon Alexa-enabled smart speaker is poised to wriggle its way into all things health care.
Amazon has big ambitions for its devices. It thinks Alexa, the virtual assistant inside them, could help doctors diagnose mental illness, autism, concussions and Parkinson’s disease. It even hopes Alexa will detect when you’re having a heart attack.
Retiree News received the following from Kent’s wife, Vivian Tsutsumi, about his memorial service in Honolulu:
Nu‘uanu Memorial Park & Mortuary
Friday, September 20, 2019
5:00 pm – Visitation
6:00 pm – Service
Casual Attire
No FlowersPunchbowl
Monday, September 23, 2019
10:30 am – Burial
Whether you’re a die-hard fan of deep dish or zealous for thin-crust, everyone has a go-to best pizza place. And most often, these premium pizza spots serve up more than just your average cheese pie—it’s the specialty slices that keep us coming back.
To find out which pizza shops were tops across America, we tapped our friends at Yelp who gladly supplied the data on the best pizza shop in every state. To come to these findings, Yelp sorted through its “Pizza” category and strategically chose the best spot using an algorithm that takes into account both the number of reviews and star rating for each business. We then hand-picked what we thought was the best slice of pizza at each restaurant based off of reviews from Yelp.
Find out which pizzeria and slice reigns king in every state!
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the F-102A from 1960 to 1976. More on the F-102A Delta Dagger
For the past couple of decades, we’ve been reading headlines about the health benefits of accumulating 10,000 steps per day, the rough equivalent of walking five miles.
That can be a pretty intimidating number for many people, but especially for older adults. Luckily, a recent study by a team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital found a significant decrease in mortality rates among older women who took far fewer steps per day.
So, if you find yourself frowning at the step count on your activity tracker at the end of each day, read on for good news.
Retiree Updates – Theodore Merrill: Ted served with the then-203d Combat Communications Squadron and later with the 154th Wing. At the Wing, he was the Wing Historian and the materials he researched are an important part of Retiree News posts. Through his efforts, a lot of historical materials were categorized and saved for future reference.
In civilian life, he served as an officer with the Honolulu Police Department. After his civilian and military retirements, he continued living in Wahiawa. In 2006, he relocated back to Arizona where he grew up. In a recent email exchange, he said he misses Hawaii a lot. Great individual!
HIANG Aircrew Project: Retiree News has restarted a project to create a list of all Hawaii Air National Guard members who served as aircrew in our aircraft over the years. Beside pilots and WSOs/navigators, the list will include loadmasters, flight engineers, boomers and flight surgeons. It will eventually be posted on the Retiree News website.
This project began as a coffee discussion with Melvin Souza, who wanted to create a list of pilots that flew HIANG aircraft prior to the F-4 Phantoms. This effort paused when Mel passed away several years ago.
The current listing has about 300 aircrew listed, but it is far from complete. Retiree News has reached out to several “historians” for comments and inputs. More research is required prior to the first website post.
“Even the palest ink is better than the best memory.” – Chinese proverb
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