Your new Medicare card should have arrived in the mail by now. According to the Medicare website, they completed mailing out the new cards to Hawaii residents in July.
If you didn’t get it, here’s what to do:
+ Remember that your new Medicare card will come in a plain white envelope from the Department of Health and Human Services.
+ If the card didn’t arrive, call us at 1-800-MEDICARE. Our call center representatives can check the status and help you get your new card.
In the meantime, use your current Medicare card to get health care services.
Sincerely,
The Medicare Team
Henry Seiya Kuniyuki, 96, passed away at his home on May 20, 2018. He served as a combat medic in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II. He was Hawaii State Director of Veterans Employment for the U.S. Department of Labor for 23 years. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Hawaii National Guard.
He also was Adjutant of the Hawaii Veterans of Foreign Wars, Executive Secretary for Hawaii Governor’s Veterans Employment Council, and Representative to the National Employment Committee of the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife Emi, three sons Ken, Andrew, Michael and their wives, six grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
He was interred at Punchbowl on July 11, 2018. He spent his life in service to veterans of this country.
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to the Henry’s family and friends.
In Hawaii, what high school you graduated from is often among the questions asked when you first meet someone. Public versus private, old versus new, town versus county, island versus island – some high school rivalries continue well into graduates’ old age.
The Images of Old Hawaii website periodically publishes articles about various high schools around the state. We will post links about these Hawaii high schools on their website periodically.
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On April 1, 1869, a small parish school was established for the purpose of teaching English to the native Hawaiians. Father Pouzot started with 10-boarders, but wrote in January 1870, “I have only three now, for want of means to keep more.”
It grew with “much improved accommodations and new school rooms and dormitories.” Separate buildings houses the boys (in what was named Keola Maria) and the girls at St. Joseph’s.
The schools were separated and moved to different campuses in 1875, the boys to a site on Waianuenue Street and the girls on Kapiolani Street.
Hawaii National graduates include: Bill Petti – can you name others?
Related:
President Theodore Roosevelt High School
President William McKinley High School
Hilo High School
Kamehameha Schools
Iolani School
St. Andrew’s Priory School
Henry Perrine Baldwin High School
St. Louis School
Waialua High School
James B. Castle High School
Mid-Pacific Institute
Punahou School
Sacred Hearts Academy
Paia/(Old) Maui High School
From the U.S. News & World Report website
Before you make an annuity a part of your retirement income plan, it’s essential to understand what’s involved with this type of investment option.
With so many different types of annuities to choose from, figuring out the details and options available in today’s market can quickly become confusing. That’s why we’ve sorted through the most common misnomers about annuities and identified the realities behind them.
Aggressively lowering blood pressure significantly reduced the risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia among hypertension patients in a large government-backed clinical trial, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
The results, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago, offer some of the first tangible steps individuals can take to reduce their risk for dementia, experts said
From the Eater Las Vegas website
No other area of Las Vegas has seen as much growth as Fremont East, the entertainment district east of Las Vegas Boulevard that now hosts almost two dozen restaurants. In 2012, only Le Thai brought diners outside the canopy of the Fremont Street Experience. Since then, another 20 restaurants opened, bringing everything from sushi and barbecue to vegan and Cajun fare. Even a tribute to daredevil Evel Knievel, a vegetarian restaurant visited by Bill Clinton, and a celebrity favorite taco joint make the list.
Here’s a look at 20 places to dine in the Fremont East section of Downtown Las Vegas.
The Defense One website just published three articles about the new Space Force the president requested. However, the Congress did not fund it in the FY19 $716 billion John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The Congressional debate continues about FY20 funding. Within the Pentagon, there a differing opinions if a space force is really needed, should it be a separate service or part of an existing service.
Opposition to a Space Force Simmers in the Senate But Republicans who oppose the president’s push appear largely content to hold their fire until next year.
The U.S. Military Should Be Doubling Down on Space Commercial innovation is slashing costs and boosting capabilities fast enough to remain useful even as antisatellite weapons improve.
The US Military Should Not Be Doubling Down on Space Satellites are only getting harder to defend. The Pentagon needs to find a better way to do its C4ISR and precision-navigation-timing missions.
From the Business Insider website
Air Force photograph
On July 26, two stealth aircraft were spotted taking off at the remote Tonopah Test Range in southwest Nevada, with one lingering over the base while the other appeared to head south.
Two stealth aircraft operating out of the secretive Tonopah base isn’t out of the ordinary. In this instance however, the two aircraft in question appeared to be F-117 Nighthawks — planes that were retired more than a decade ago.
Retiree News sadly reports the passing of Annarene (Blair) Napoleon on Wednesday, August 1, 2018.
Anna served her career in the 201st Combat Communications Group in various operations positions. In civilian life, she was a Primary Care Social Worker with the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System on Maui. Anna retired as a chief master sergeant.
Her services are scheduled for Monday, August 13, 2018, starting at 9:00 am at the Ballard Family Mortuary. The mortuary is located at 440 Ala Makani Street, Kahului, Hawaii 96732. Her inurnment will be at 11:00 am at the Maui Veteran’s Cemetery, 1295 Makawao Avenue, Makawao, Hawaii 96768.
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to the Anna’s family and friends.
HNL’s expansion to handle the new Boeing 747 created the need for jetways at the new Diamond Head and Ewa Terminal’s shown here circa 1971. How things have changed at HNL in 40 plus years. pic.twitter.com/pnYcsWn6FN
— Hawaii Aviation (@HawaiiAviation) August 2, 2018
From the Air Force Times website
It’s the most basic structural unit of the Air Force — it’s “beating heart,” as Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein is fond of saying.
But over the past 17 years, the Air Force’s roughly 3,400 squadrons have evolved to fight wars against relatively small-scale violent extremists such as al Qaida and the Islamic State, in which the Air Force and its coalition partners have ruled the skies.
But service leaders worry how squadrons would fare in a major war with another great power, such as China or Russia, if the Air Force does not make significant changes — most notably to give squadron commanders more authority to make necessary decisions in the heat of combat.
From the National Public Radio website
More Americans will be writing a check to the IRS in April because their employers are not withholding enough from their paychecks following the new tax law, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
Based on simulations run by the Treasury Department, the GAO says taxes for 30 million Americans — 21 percent of taxpayers — are being underwithheld by their employers, meaning they are getting a larger check this year, but will owe at tax time in April. According to the simulations, 73 percent of taxpayers will be overwithheld and receive a refund from the Internal Revenue Service.
Retirees should review withholdings on their Social Security and other pension sources. Work with your tax consultant.
This 1980s era photograph shows Lt Col Norman Ault, MSgt Howard Hironaka, and MSgt Gordon Martin on the fighter flightline.
Lt Col Ault served as the commander of the then-154th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron for many years. He was a aircraft mechanic who rose to the rank of master sergeant and was later commissioned. He was the heart and soul of maintenance. He retired in 1988.
Howard ran the life support shop for several years. His son, Guy, was a second generation Guardmember who recently retired.
Gordon was a leader on the flightline during the F-102 Delta Dagger and F-C Phantom eras. He retired early because of medical challenges and passed on a few years later.
From the Air Force Times website
The Air Force’s fleet of F-15 C and D Eagle fighters are aging faster than F-35 joint strike fighters are being fielded, a gap in the transition that some think needs to be filled. And even when more F-35s have been fielded, F-15s could still fill a tactical role to help the Air Force carry out its mission. Boeing’s new, single-seat F-15X design may be the Air Force’s answer to that issue.
Related:
Boeing website
F-15X article from The Drive website
