From the Kiplinger Magazine website
A sound retirement plan is like a well-built house: Your savings form a solid foundation; retirement accounts are spacious rooms furnished with a balanced mix of stocks and bonds; Social Security and other guaranteed income provide insulation; and life, long-term-care and other insurance policies keep the rain out. But what if that roof starts to leak? Isn’t it time for a thorough insurance inspection?
Each year the World Health Organization determines which of the thousands of influenza variants are most likely to circulate. Flu vaccines then use these variants at the starting point when developing the annual flu shot. Find out what’s inside the influenza-warding shot.
From the Task and Purpose website
Did you ever crack open your lunchbox as a kid at school on a Monday and find yourself wondering how the classic contents — ham and cheese on white bread, bag of chips, M&Ms — became the mega-popular snacks that they are today? You can thank the U.S. military for most of those.
For the last century, America’s many wars abroad have necessitated the development of long-lasting yet nutritious foods that can keep troops happy and healthy with minimal cost. The innovative processing and preservation methods pioneered by military food scientists didn’t stay within the military: According to Anastacia Marx de Salcedo’s 2015 book Combat-Ready Kitchen: How the U.S. Military Shapes the Way You Eat those once-utilitarian culinary designs became staples of civilian culture, so far that there’s “[a] military history of practically everything you buy at the supermarket.”
Task & Purpose did a little digging to serve up some of the best everyday food items that got their start in the U.S. military. What we found was, well, delicious.
From the Wired Magazine website
Since Apple locked down its iPhones three years ago with encryption that even the company itself can’t break, it has been in a cold war with the cops—one that has occasionally turned hot. Exhibit A: its legal standoff with the FBI over the seized iPhone of San Bernadino killer Syed Rizwan Farook.
Now, 18 months after that showdown, Apple is adding yet more features that are designed to guard your digital privacy from anyone who nabs your iPhone—whether it’s a mugger on the street or the policeman who just threw you in jail.
The 2017 National Guard Commemoration Ball committee continues their hard work planning this year’s ball.
Their latest update flyer is linked below. A registration form and contact information is part of the flyer.
381st National Guard Commemoration – updated
Reminder: the second of two benefit car washes / bake sales is Saturday, November 18, 2017 at the Fleet Reserve Association, 891 Valkenburgh St., near the airport. Cost – a minimum $10.00 donation. All proceeds go offsetting costs of the 2017 National Guard Birthday Ball.
The top leader of the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) on Sept. 28 gathered all Academy personnel to tell them that he would not tolerate racist slurs at the school. The message from superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria came days after racist slurs were written on the dormitory message boards of five cadet candidates at the Academy’s Preparatory School.
From the Aloha Festivals website
Tomorrow, there will be the 71st Annual Aloha Week Floral parade. The parade starts at 9:00 am at Ala Moana Park and proceeds down Kalākaua Avenue to Kapi‘olani Park.
The parade route comes alive with a colorful procession of female and male pau horseback riders, floats covered with Hawaiian flowers, Hawaiian music, hula halau and local marching bands.
Channel808.com and Olelo! Usually livestream the parade
In a recent Hawaiian Electric post on their Twitter account was a short video of an Aloha Week parade in the 1960s. A far cry from current parade floats, but the Aloha is there.
From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website
Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it has selected Delta Dental of California and MetLife to once again offer private dental insurance plans as part of the VA Dental Insurance Program (VADIP).
The program was extended until December 31, 2021, by the VA Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016.
From the everyday Health website
Most people are aware of the obvious effects of alcohol on the body. Drinking too much can alter your judgment and reflexes and, over time, cause weight gain and lead to alcoholism and chronic liver disease.
But the complex relationship between alcohol and the heart is not well understood, mainly because it’s not a simple association.
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This photograph shows the 154th Wing fighter flightline around 1974-1975. The then 154th Tactical Fighter Group was converting from F-102A Delta Daggers to F-4C Phantoms. The last F-102A finally left ANG service in October 1976.
The 154th flew the Delta Dagger throughout the 1960s, and although the Hawaii ANG was not activated during the Vietnam War, several of its pilots volunteered for combat duty in Southeast Asia (Palace Alert Program). The F-4C was a workhorse tactical fighter-bomber during the Vietnam War, and could also be used as an effective interceptor.
Points of interest:
* The earthen berm around the flightline.
* The wooden temporary building between the hanger and the engine shop. The avionics branch occupied the building for several months as the mauka side of the hanger underwent renovations.
* The ocean side parking lot is still a coral bed that ponded during heavy downpours.
* The paved parking lot behind the supply building is where Building 3417 is today. The support facility was constructed in the 1990s
How time flies by…
Related:
HIANG fighter flightline today
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From the Huffington Post website
If you’re basically more coffee than human at this point, there’s good news (besides the fact that coffee is really, really good for you).
Caffeine obsessives will come together this Friday, Sept. 29, to celebrate the most brewtiful of occasions: National Coffee Day. And, because free coffee tastes twice as nice, we’ve pulled together a list of places you can snag a free cup of joe to celebrate.
Retiree News sadly reports the passing of Colonel Lawrence “Cabby” Cabrinha.
Erik Wong, of the HQ, Hawaii Air National Guard staff reported that Cabby passed away last Thursday.
Cabby was a pilot with the 199th Fighter Squadron for many years. He was a Traditional Guardmember who flew with Aloha Airlines and later was the president of Aloha Island Air.
Retiree New will post information about services when received.
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to the Cabby’s family and friends.
This photograph shows the 154th Wing hanger under construction.
From the HANG 25 Booklet, the history of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971.
The 154th Fighter Group hanger complex was completed on November 6, 1961 and the access taxiway to Honolulu International Airport completed 11 days later. The group began the move from Hickam’s Area 65, which took several months.
On Saturday, February 17, 1962, was the “Grand Opening”. The 10 am Dedication Ceremony speakers were:
Governor William F. Quinn
Major General F.W. Makinney, The Adjutant General
Brigadier General John A. Rouse, Commander, Hawaii Air Defense Division
Brigadier General Valentine A. Siefermann, Commander, Hawaii Air National GuardThe huge hanger doors slowly opened after the speeches. Governor Quinn cut a maile lei across the entrance and the Roosevelt High School Choir inside sang Hawaii Ponoi. A high speed (and low) pass by a single F-102 Delta Dagger (Deuce) signaled the end of the official ceremony. A scramble horn sounded, and two pilots “broke ranks” and ran to their aircraft and were airborne within five minutes.
There was an “Open House” in the afternoon attended by an estimated 10,000 people. There were aerial flights by different kinds of aircraft, static displays, missile loading demonstration – six missiles loaded into a Deuce missile bay in 2:50 minutes. The most popular display was a .50cal machine gun armed with blank ammunition – youngsters fired over 5,000 rounds.
The highlight was a 16 Deuce flyby lead by Major Kenneth L. Fisher. The first pass was a “String of Diamonds, the second pass a “Diamond of Diamonds”.
The momentous day ended with a 15th Anniversary Luau. Over 900 HANG members and guests were served at tables setup in the new hanger.
