Photo by Tad Tamura from Midweek
In November 2006, the Hawaii Air National Guard to celebrate 60 years of excellence, protecting Hawaii and the nation.
In this photograph (L-R): Freddy and Michelle Aquino, Dawn and Rex Peters, Sheri and Patrick Chong, Randall and Heidi Fukunaga and Douglas Duhachek.
A home purchase is among the most important purchases you can make in your life — and if you’ve served in the military, you may qualify for a veteran home loan (or VA loan) that can help make the process of buying a home much easier.
The VA loan can be used for a number of purposes, including:
+ purchasing or building a new home
+ refinancing a current mortgage
+ repairing or improving your existing home, or installing home efficiency measures
How does a VA loan give you an advantage over a regular home loan? Here are some of its prime benefits:
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Do you qualify for a VA loan?
CMSgt William Parker, the event point of contact, asked Retiree News to post this updated flyer.
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The deadline for registration is this Friday, April 6, 2018. To expedite the process, use the following link to register: https://hidodluncheon.wixsite.com/dodretireeservice.This website provides electronic payment.
For a list of employees receiving DOD service awards, go to the previous Retiree News post.
Photo by Tad Tamura from Midweek
In November 2006, the Hawaii Air National Guard to celebrate 60 years of excellence, protecting Hawaii and the nation. In the photograph (L-R): Peter “Skipper” Pawling, Denise Jelinski-Hall, Kathleen Berg, Kent Billings and Darryll Wong.
From the Samantha Brown website
November 7, 2017. One of my most frequently asked questions: How does one score cheap airfare?
I recently sat down with The Street to talk about my new show,Places to Love. We discussed the future of travel TV, what millennial travelers do better than anyone else, plus how to score cheap airfare.
The William S. Richardson School of Law will host another seminar on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. This seminar will focus on surrogate decision-making. This may be of special interest to doctors, lawyers and social workers but consumers may also find it interesting since most patients still do not plan ahead for incapacity with such important documents as advance health care directives and powers of attorney. Review the flyer below for more information.
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Special thanks to Robert Lee, the former Adjutant General, for sharing this information.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science-fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke’s short story “The Sentinel“.
The film follows a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer Hal after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith affecting human evolution. It deals with the themes of existentialism, human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life.
It is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. It uses sound and minimal dialogue in place of traditional narrative techniques; the soundtrack consists of classical music such as Gayane Ballet Suite, The Blue Danube, and Also sprach Zarathustra.
Did you turn 70½ last year? While it’s not a classic milestone, like 18, 21 or 65, it comes with its own rewards and responsibilities.
According to the IRS, the year you turn 70½ is when you must begin withdrawing funds from a retirement account, even if you don’t need the money yet. This withdrawal is called a required minimum distribution, or RMD.
You can register to receive an email every time there is a new post. In the “Follow Retiree News via Email” section and press “Follow”. On the next screen, enter your email address and press ENTER. Shortly, you will receive a confirmation email to your address from WordPress.com. You acknowledge the email and you are a registered reader.
After you compete this short registration process, you get a notification email every time there is a new posting. The email has a quick teaser of the posting, along with tags that indicate how the posting relates to special topics/areas. There is a direct link to the website (Read more of this post)
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From the Travel Land Leisure website
From extreme temperature gains and drops to rising sea levels, man’s destruction of our one and only planet is starting to take its toll. And casualties could soon include our supply of Tabasco sauce.
You see, Tabasco’s home lies in the Louisiana marsh, on a small stretch of land known as Avery Island. There, the first pepper used to make the tangy and strong sauce was found growing next to a chicken coop.
Mahalo to everyone who supports the Retiree News website. Sometime earlier this week, the counter in the right column of the website moved pass 600,000 views. The number of readers who receive an email whenever we post passed 800. (But then again that number fluctuates as some “unfollow”) Thank you for your continuing support of Retiree News.
Photographs. We need to continue our appeal for photographs. If you have any old photographs of Guardmembers, could you scan them to JPEGs and email them to Retiree News – retireenews@gmail.com. Old photographs continue to generate a large number of views.
Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) Update. We need to keep monitoring the ongoing debate about commissaries. Currently taxpayers pay more than a $1.4 billion a year to subsidize commissaries. Congress wants to make the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) self-supporting or have minimal Federal support.
The DeCA has already introduced store brands that reduce costs. Quoting their February 22, 2018 press release, “Commissary store brands are becoming a larger portion of the store inventory with the latest addition of private label products.” Read the press release for more information about store brands.
There will be more commissary / exchange joint sales events. DeCA’s March 8, 2018 press release had more detailed information. There has been unofficial talk about merging the commissary and exchanges systems. Imagine more locations like the Fort Shafter exchange with an expanded food availability.
A Public Radio International (PRI) article mentioned two other options. One is to privatize the commissary system. The other is to close commissaries and give beneficiaries a monetary payment.
We continue to monitor this on-going dialogue about commissaries.
The U.S. Air Force ineffectively managed the stealthy F-22 Raptor’s modernization program, putting America’s air superiority at risk, the DoD Inspector General found in a new report.
The F-22 program office failed to generate an appropriate contracting strategy, which led to delays and a final product that may not deliver “modernized capabilities necessary to sustain air superiority against rapidly evolving U.S. adversaries,” according to the report published Monday.
Aloha Airlines was a Hawaiian airline headquartered in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, operating from a hub at Honolulu International Airport. Operations began on July 26, 1946, and ceased on March 31, 2008.
A sad day for all 1900 of Aloha’s employees. Many Hawaii National Guard members – including many Air Guard pilots – lost their jobs and retirements due to the closure.
Darryll Wong, the future Adjutant General, was Aloha’s Chief Pilot and was asked to take the last flight after he arrived at Honolulu Airport to join his co-workers. In the interview in the Hawaii News Now video, you will notice he is wearing an aloha shirt, not his Aloha Airlines uniform.
If the other pilot interviewed looks a little familiar, Trisha Kobashigawa was a news reported for KITV before starting at Aloha Airlines. She was Aloha’s newest pilot. Trisha now flies for Hawaiian Air.
The Military Discount Center highlights the commitment of businesses that support our military through numerous military discounts, deals and freebies for active duty service members, veterans and their families. Check the site often because deals and discounts change.
