From the Walgreens Wellness website
Thanks to delayed flights, restricted carry-on items and lost baggage, air travel can feel like a headache. And sometimes flying can lead to actual illnesses, too.
Luckily, these actions can help you stay healthy on long-distance flights:
From the 2002 Department of Defense Annual Report
The State Department of Defense produces an annual report for the state fiscal year ending on June 30. The report is a requirement directed by gubernatorial directive. The completed report’s distribution list included the state departments and agencies. The DOD’s report reports on activities and achievements of the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Veterans Services, and the Youth Challenge Academy.
MSgt Val Gempis photo
TSgt John Lacio (L) and Maj Courtney Vares-Lum (R), from the 93rd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction), Hawaii National Guard, discuss suspected chemical threats during a bioterrorism exercise at the Aloha Stadium.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
Blogger John Schmoll’s father left a financial mess when he died: a house that was worth far less than the mortgage, credit card bills in excess of $20,000_and debt collector s who insisted the son was legally obligated to pay what his father owed.
From the Everyday Health website
The all-important heart is constantly at work, pumping blood (about 2,000 gallons a day) filled with essential oxygen and nutrients to your body’s organs 24/7. Everything about the heart and how it works is interesting, but here are some nuggets of information we found particularly fascinating.
The State Department of Defense scheduled the annual Retirement & Service Award Luncheon. It will be held at the Hawaii Okinawa Center in Waipio Gentry on Friday, April 20, 2018.
Check the two attachments below for more information about the retirement luncheon. Retirees should contact the appropriate HIANG or State point of contact.
DOD Retirement & Service Awards Luncheon flyer
List of Employees Receiving DOD State Service Awards
Comment from the State Human Resources Office: It should be noted that the listing contains employees who achieved 10, 20, 30, 40 years of service between the years of 2006 – 2016.
Growing old in America can be wrought with legal problems arising from health concerns, long-term care, and the need for appropriate housing.
The good news is that there are tools and products and strategies that older Americans can use to live as well as possible in the last decades of their lives.
From the Everyday Health website
From snapper to sole, tilapia to tilefish, there’s a wide variety of fish to choose from at your grocer’s fish counter. The American Heart Association (AHA) says that eating at least two 3.5-ounce servings of fish per week, such as salmon, mackerel, herring, lake trout, sardines, and albacore tuna, can help beat heart disease and heart attack. But there’s a catch: Research shows that so-called “heart-healthy” fish like these may not be so healthy for you after all.
From the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center website
Many HIANG members chose to attend the five-and-a-half-week course in-residence NCO Academy. For some it was a quicker way to meet the Professional Military Education (PME) requirement than the correspondence course.
This article mentions that the SMSgt Cornwal Matsusaka‘s design was selected for the TEC official emblem. “Matsu” was a member of the HIANG who served as a technician for many years; he retired as a chief master sergeant.
The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center (TEC) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
In honor of a half-century of learning, this feature series highlights TEC, from its first classes in a World War II-era aircraft hangar to the present day.
What does it take to put an education center together? Part one looks back at 1968 to 1978.
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Earlier Retiree News Post – Edmund Morrisey and Art Hafner
🚨🚨 World Record Alert! 🚨 🚨
100-year-old Orville Rogers (lane 2) set a new age group record in the men’s 60m in 19.13 at USATF Masters Indoor Championships! #USATFmasterstrack pic.twitter.com/A3QuZz1iPZ
— USATF (@usatf) March 17, 2018
From the Official Twitter of USA Track & Field @usatf
2018 USATF Masters Indoor Championships – Men’s 60m, 90-100 air group
100-year-old Orville Rogers (lane 2) set a new age group record in the men’s 60m in 19.13 at USATF Masters Indoor Championships!
From the Everyday Health website
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Some data suggest a puzzling concept: If you carry extra weight, you may be more likely to recover from illness than a normal-weight or underweight person, and therefore have a lower relative risk of early death. It’s called the obesity paradox, and it’s one of the arguments used when discussing the flaws of body mass index (BMI), which defines obesity and is tied to health risk.
While the debate over the theory and BMI rages on, a new analysis suggests that at least when it comes to preventing heart disease, having a healthy weight could be critical for maintaining a long, healthy life.
Air Force Magazine’s back-page feature is Namesakes. Every month it profiles the person or people after whom an Air Force facility was named. This post is about Travis AFB.
Air Force Base is a United States Air Force air base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of Fairfield, in Solano County, California, United States.
Situated in the San Francisco Bay Area and known as the “Gateway to the Pacific”, Travis Air Force Base handles more cargo and passenger traffic through its airport than any other military air terminal in the United States. The base has a long and proud history of supporting humanitarian airlift operations at home and around the world. Today, Travis AFB includes approximately 7,260 active USAF military personnel, 4,250 Air Force Reserve personnel and 3,770 civilians.
Travis AFB has a major impact on the community as a number of military families and retirees have chosen to make Fairfield their permanent home. Travis AFB is the largest employer in the City and Solano County as well, and the massive Travis workforce has a local economic impact of more than $1 billion annually. The Base also contributes a large number of highly skilled people to the local labor pool.
The base’s host unit, the 60th Air Mobility Wing, is the largest wing in the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command, with a versatile fleet of 26 C-5 Galaxies, 27 KC-10 Extenders, and 13 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
In addition, the base’s former Strategic Air Command Alert Facility is now a U.S. Navy complex that typically supports 2 transient Navy E-6B Mercury TACAMO aircraft assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREE (VQ-3) Detachment and normally home-based at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.
Namesakes: Travis AFB
Related:
Travis AFB website
The three military exchange services and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) would be merged into a single resale enterprise under a proposal backed by John H. Gibson II, the Defense Department’s new chief management officer, who has been tasked to make DoD business operations more efficient.
Gibson and a team tasked with reviewing military community services — base stores, recreation services, family support services and base schools — have drafted a memorandum, apparently for signature by Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan, that would order extensive streamlining.
From the Go Banking Rates website
If you want to guarantee a happy, stable retirement, it’s important to start saving — and investing — now. Unfortunately, hidden fees can wreak havoc on even the smartest investment strategies. Along with consulting fees, you might find yourself dealing with fees to trade, fees to advise and even high tax fees.
From the 2000 Department of Defense Annual Report
The State Department of Defense produces an annual report for the state fiscal year ending on June 30. The report is a requirement directed by gubernatorial directive. The completed report’s distribution list included the state departments and agencies. The DOD’s report reports on activities and achievements of the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Veterans Services, and the Youth Challenge Academy.
Sgt. Wendy M. Hirasa photo
Master Sgt. Darren Morris, a loadmaster with 204th Airlift Squadron, checks the secureness of the payload on the C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. The payload is part of an airdrop training exercise with the Hawaii Army Guard’s 29th Support Battalion into Schofield Barrack’s East Range.
