From the U.S. News & World Report website
In the vast constellation of legal documents you could encounter over your lifetime, some are more critical than others. For older adults, a few legal instruments take on outsized importance, particularly in the context of ensuring adequate health care as we age. While some documents that older adults may need are focused on the financial side of your affairs, others concern how decisions will be made about your health care. The information that follows will focus on the documents related to health care that may come into play as you age.
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Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter/tanker pic.twitter.com/15ePVFO8CN
— Ron Eisele (@ron_eisele) January 26, 2019
These KC-97s were flown by Air National Guard units until C-130s Hercules and KC-135 Stratotankers became part of the ANG aircraft inventory.
From the Star Advertiser website
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State officials have found a new home for a planned $70 million veterans home on Oahu after a troubled search for a suitable site.
The Office of Veterans’ Services, part of the state Department of Defense, has arranged to lease land in Kapolei from another state entity for the 120-bed facility. The arrangement with the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation follows aborted attempts last year to use a University of Hawaii site near Diamond Head and a city-owned property in Aiea.
HHFDC’s board voted unanimously last month to lease about 7 acres of a larger vacant site makai of a Walmart store in Kapolei for the project, which faces losing $44 million in federal funding if a contractor can’t be picked by March.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
For most of us, hitting age 40 signals a time of change with regard to several aspects of our health. One of the most noticeable is a change in how we see close-up objects. Called presbyopia, this condition is different from garden-variety farsightedness and results from a loss of flexibility of the lens in the eye – the lens gets more rigid and it’s simply more difficult to focus on objects near to you. It’s a relatively easy problem to correct – many of us simply reach for a pair of “cheater” reading glasses or a flashlight to help navigate the fine print of restaurant menus and other small type in low-lit areas. Others find it might be time for that first pair of prescription glasses.
The three most common eye conditions that tend to arise later in life are:
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As part of his retirement activities, there was a golf tournament for Peter “Skipper” Pauling. The tournament was held on June 3, 2009 at the Malama Bay Golf Course on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
In this photograph are two retired aircraft maintenance technicians and avid golfers, Norman Kaleo and Henry Machado. Both served on the fighter flightline for many years before their retirements.
Any seminar you attend, program you watch or article you read about preparing for retirement is bound to mention the importance of setting goals.
It’s the starting point for any kind of financial planning, but it isn’t as simple as it sounds. Everybody wants to be “comfortable” and to feel “secure.” What that means, though, is different for each of us. And drilling down to the details can be daunting.
Because income is everything in retirement, it’s a great place to begin.
Here are four things to think about as you set your income goals:
恭喜发财 – Gōngxǐ fācái
Happiness and prosperity!
From the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier
Another exciting week of #airlift in Mississippi! Members of the 204th Airlift Squadron and 154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron have been training with our joint and international forces in Southern Strike 19. Our C-17s be used to support our war-fighting partners and are also standing by to deliver humanitarian relief when disaster strikes #SSTK19 #HIANG #ANG #C17GlobemasterIII
Great video of HIANG members in action
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U.S. Army Soldiers and vehicles from the 3rd Special Forces Group prepare to board a Hawaii Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III January 21, 2019, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The 204th Airlift Squadron transported personnel and vehicles to the, Miss., during exercise Southern Strike. The annual training is a is a total force, multi-service exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport.
If you’re a retiree who likes to get important things done on time, you’re in luck! You have the entire year ahead of you to accomplish these five money moves.
Here’s a look at a handful of critical tasks that should be on your to-do list. Even though many months lie ahead until 2019 is over, checking some of them off your list now will mean you’re not overwhelmed at the end of the year.
As always with Motley Fool articles, the last paragraph, “The $16,122 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook” is a lead-in advertisement.
From the Consumer Reports website
Difficulty hearing can have profound effects. It has been associated with depression, concentration, and memory problems, may take a significant toll on relationships with friends, family, and co-workers, and is possibly even linked to dementia.
But in a new Consumer Reports survey of more than 120,000 members on hearing and hearing loss, almost 30 percent said they’ve gone for more than a decade without getting their hearing tested or have never had it tested at all.
James Marinas Paet of Kaneohe passed away on January 14, 2019 at the age of 75. Born in Paing, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, raised in Puunene, Maui, James was a 1961 Baldwin High School graduate. He served in the Vietnam War after his National Guard unit was activated in 1968. He retired as a Sr. Computer Operator after 36 years of service at Hawaiian Electric Industries. James was a former member of the Honolulu Quarterback Club and the UH Wahine Volleyball Booster Club.
He is predeceased by parents Quirino and Lucia Paet, brother William Paet, and granddaughter Anuhea Paet. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Kathleen Paet; children: Jaime (Todd) Apo, Kellie DePonte, and Kiley (Susanna) Paet; Aunt Teresita (Clemente) Fontanilla of Kalihi, sisters Precila (James) Peros of Wailuku, Gloria (Ongolea) Filo and Sally Paet of Kahului, Lucille (Larry) Smith of Marengo, Illinois, Shirley Ponciano of Honolulu, Rene (Tom) Akina of Kahului, Victoria (Wayne) Fukumoto of Waipahu, Tessie (Gary) Piquet of Eugene, Oregon, Amelia (Steven) Lee of Kaneohe, and brother Joseph Paet of Kahului; grandchildren: Jordan DePonte, Cassidy Apo, Jonah Apo, Aeryn Paet and Kieryk Paet.
Services to be held on Wednesday, February 13th at Borthwick Mortuary, Maunakea Chapel, Visitation: 9:00 a.m.; Service: 10:00 a.m., reception to follow. Private burial at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to James’ family and friends.
Honolulu International Airport circa 1967 with its open air observation deck. A BOAC 707 and two United Airlines DC-8s complete the scene. pic.twitter.com/Ift8292lht
— Hawaii Aviation (@HawaiiAviation) February 1, 2019
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From the Air National Guard website
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the National Guard’s technician program, which provides for a full-time element to maintain readiness in units throughout the Guard.
“The program is important to the National Guard because of readiness, which in our business, can easily mean life or death for those in the community,” said Army Maj. Benjamin Andrasik, a human resources specialist with the National Guard Bureau’s Technician Personnel Division. “It really ties military life to civilian life, which is what the National Guard is all about at the end of the day.”
A result of the National Guard Technician Act of 1968, the program went into effect January 1, 1969, and created dual-status technicians – federal, civilian employees required to maintain a military membership with a Guard unit as part of their employment. Though they fill a civilian-status role, technicians are required to wear a military uniform and adhere to military customs and courtesies.
This important change was a part of the Guard’s transition from “Weekend Warriors” to the Total Force.
