From. The News Tribune website
There were four notable news developments for military veterans in Washington, D.C. last week. They potentially affect:
+ How the Department of Veteran Affairs will be led over the next few years.
+ How the House will deepen it oversight role as the VA fields a new electronic health record system.
+ Whether 90,000 “Blue Water” Navy and Marine Corps veterans of the Vietnam War gain eligibility for Agent Orange-related VA benefits.
+ Whether millions more disabled veterans gain access to on-base stores.
Another great Tom Philpott article submitted by Gordon Lau
From the Everyday Health website
More than 7 million Americans with diabetes don’t know they have the disease, and in addition, many millions may unknowingly have prediabetes, a borderline condition that typically precedes diabetes. But a simplified testing regimen may lead to more people being diagnosed and treated for the disease.
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have shown it’s possible to accurately diagnose type 2 diabetes by using a single blood sample. Current guidelines call for two separate blood tests to make a diagnosis. But some patients don’t follow up with the second test and remain undiagnosed and untreated, says Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, lead author of the study and a professor in the department of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
From the Images of Old Hawaii website
Today, Americans celebrate the anniversary of the signing of America’s Declaration of Independence.
Independence Day celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
However, the freedoms, rights and privileges we share because of this event continue to be protected by the sacrifices of many men and women across the globe; we honor and celebrate their service, as well.
This is what Honolulu Airport looked liked in 1960 at the old John Rodgers Terminal on Lagoon Drive. All major terminal operations were relocated to the current HNL Terminal complex and the airport was renamed Honolulu International Airport on August 22, 1962. pic.twitter.com/D4kyaKMY7b
— Hawaii Aviation (@HawaiiAviation) June 23, 2018
Retirement Ceremony – Late post. TSgt Epigene “Peni” Sabagala is retiring this Saturday, July 7, 2018. Her military retirement ceremony will start at 1430 at the 154th Wing’s Dining Facility. A reception will follow the ceremony. Seems only yesterday when Peni enlisted in 1995.
Peni will continue in the education and training section as a civilian employee. Some of the 154th Wing’s Title 32 positions were converted to Title 5 as part of a Guard wide transition.
Email TSgt Veronica Kahanu at veronica.kahanu@us.af.mil, if you plan to attend. Not attending, send Peni a congratulatory email – epigene.sabagala@us.af.mil.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
Perhaps you used to lift weights. Maybe you even routinely tested your mettle hoisting heavy barbells and dumbells. But those days are behind you now, and over time your focus has shifted to solely doing aerobic exercise – walking, jogging or biking. Perhaps you figure that’s all you need to stay fit now and in the future.
As people get older many stop doing strength, or resistance, training, but fitness professionals and health providers say commonly whether a person is 18 or 80, we need both cardiovascular and strengthening exercises. Beyond the immediate benefits, like improved shape and tone, research now links not just aerobic exercise but strength training with a reduced risk of death from all causes.
From the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page
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The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) hosts its employer support program “Bosslift” with the 1st Squadron, 299th Cavalry Regiment during their annual training in Hilo, Hawaii at Pohakuloa Training Area on June 13, 2018. Bosslift enables citizen soldiers to showcase their military occupational specialty to their employers as a way of saying thank you for your support.
All Hawaii Army National Guard photo in this post were taken by Sgt. Kealalaulii Gandia
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2 July 1943: 1st Lieutenant Charles Blakesly Hall, United States Army Air Corps, of the 99th Fighter Squadron (which was briefly attached to the 324th Fighter Group) was the first of the famous “Tuskegee Airmen” to shoot down an enemy airplane during World War II. At the time the 99th was based at El Haouaria Airfield on the coast of Tunisia and was patrolling the island of Sicily. The squadron’s primary mission was ground attack.
From the Everyday Health website
Can surviving trauma put you at increased risk for developing certain diseases? People affected by stress-related problems, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute stress reaction, and adjustment disorder, may be at higher risk of developing 41 different kinds of autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn’s disease, and celiac disease, according to a new study published June 19, 2018 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
From the Hawaii Tribune Herald
OHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald Staff Sgt. Haliaka Moller is on duty Sunday in the operations center at Keaukaha Military Reservation in Hilo.
As management of the emergency resulting from the Kilauea volcano eruption that began May 3 transitions from response to recovery mode, the number of Hawaii Army and Air National Guard troops deployed to East Hawaii has declined dramatically.
As of Friday, about 130 National Guard personnel were assigned to lava emergency duty, according to Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Chuck Anthony. That’s down from the 207 deployed here just a week earlier, which Anthony described as the largest number of Hawaii National Guard soldiers and airmen called up for domestic operations since the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit was hosted in Honolulu in 2011.
Continue reading Update
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.
On July 9, 1859, they opened the Sacred Hearts Convent, a boarding and day school for young women, at the Catholic mission. (Initial enrollment was just five girls, but the population increased greatly by the time of the new school building’s opening.)
Five bays of the original 20 bay building remain on Fort Street. The bays included the relief moldings spelling out “AD 1859” to commemorate the year of the sisters’ arrival and the beginnings of the Catholic Church’s school, not the date of construction (it was built in 1901.)
Between 1906 and 1909, representatives of the Catholic community acquired a five-and-a-half-acre tract of land on the makai side of Waiʻalae Avenue, just off the streetcar line in the growing suburban area of Kaimuki.
Hawaii National Guard graduates include: Roxanne “Rocky” Bruhn – 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
From the Everyday Health website
If you’ve had a kidney stone, you know the experience can be extremely unpleasant. Fortunately, lifestyle changes and medications are available to help you avoid developing another one or avoid developing one in the first place if you’ve never had one.
From the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page
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Soldiers of Detachment 1, Company Golf, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment bid farewell to family and friends during their deployment ceremony at the Kalaeloa Army Aviation Support Facility on June 16, 2018. This is their first overseas mission since their unit activation last year and will be conducting Aero-Medical Evacuation and Flight Operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom – Spartan Shield. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Gualdarama)
