From the Military.com website
Simply put, a VA Home loan allows qualified buyers the opportunity to purchase a home with no down payment. Also, there are no monthly mortgage insurance premiums to pay, limitations on buyer’s closing costs, and an appraisal that informs the buyer of the property value. For most loans on new houses, construction is inspected at appropriate stages and a one year warranty is required from the builder. VA also performs personal loan servicing and offers financial counseling to help veterans having temporary financial difficulties.
From the nextavenue website
Did you know that as you age, your immunity to the diseases you’ve been vaccinated against as a child starts to wane?
So says Dr. Dana Hawkinson, infectious disease specialist at The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas. That’s why it’s just as important to be vaccinated as an adult as it was as a child. Plus, some of the illnesses you could contract in the second half of life aren’t just an inconvenience — they could make you very sick or even kill you.
From the Military.com website
President Donald Trump on Thursday set the military pay raise at 2.1 percent and the civilian pay raise at 1.9 percent for 2018.
The change to monthly basic pay is scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2018.
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.
The school’s property encompasses a little over 20-acres in upper Makiki, in Honolulu. From 1883-1927, the site had been the home of Lunalilo Home, an institution for the aged and infirm Hawaiian, whose creation was willed by the estate of Hawaii’s sixth king, William Charles Lunalilo.
Crowning a wide, grassy knoll is the Main, or administration, building of President Theodore Roosevelt High School, named in honor of the twenty-sixth US President.
Hawaii National Guard graduates include: Gervin Miyamoto, Vern Nakasone, Stephen Lum, Regina Komine, David Howard, Robert Finley, James K. Kealoha Jr., Thomas Gill, Alexis T. Lum, Irwin K. Cockett Jr. – Can you name others?
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From the everyday Health website
If you suspect that your migraines are getting in the way of a good night’s sleep, it’s not all in your head. In fact, people living with migraines are up to eight times more likely to have sleep problems than the general population, according to the American Migraine Foundation. And the relationship is complicated.
“Sleep deprivation is commonly reported as a trigger for migraines,” says Timothy A. Collins, MD, an associate professor of neurology and division chief of the department of headache and pain at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Always the first Monday in September, Labor Day was the idea of Peter J. Maguire (although recent research has shown that it might have been his brother Matthew’s idea), a labor union leader who in 1882 proposed a celebration honoring the American worker.
The date chosen was simply “convenient,” according to Maguire, because it was midway between the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving.
Although the day’s focus on organized labor has diminished over the years, the holiday has become a way to mark the end of the summer season—and the start of the school year.
Off the TAG Hawaii Facebook page
The 93rd WMD-CST hosted a great exercise on Kauai this week. The exercise involved the Kauai Emergency Management Agency, Kauai first responders, and Civil Support Teams from Utah, Guam and Hawaii.
From the Military.com website
Prior to becoming a successful actor, Bob Crane held a number of various jobs. Included among them was serving the Connecticut Army National Guard in 1948. He was honorably discharged in 1950.
Soon after separating from the military, Crane’s acting career picked up steam. His career began with broadcasting at WLEA and continued forward with “The Donna Reed Show” in 1963. He landed a variety of roles, arguably most memorable among them was as Col. Robert E. Hogan of “Hogan’s Heroes.”
From the USA Today website
If you are sick, elderly and in a hospital, you are more likely to survive when your primary doctor during that hospitalization is a woman, a new study shows.
The patients of female doctors are also less likely to be re-hospitalized in the month after discharge, according to the study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
From the Govenor’s September 1, 2017 press release
A Hawaiʻi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft from the 204th Airlift Squadron, 154th Wing, departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam early this morning as part of the nation’s Hurricane Harvey relief effort. The C-17, carrying two flight crews and maintenance personnel (16 Airmen in total) will initially fly to Memphis International Airport in Tennessee, from where they will transport relief supplies to the hurricane-damaged areas around Houston, Texas. Hurricane Harvey is one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. The Hawaiʻi Air National Guard received the request for assistance from the National Guard Bureau yesterday afternoon and was prepared to depart just after dawn today.
Governor David Y. Ige and Hawaiʻi National Guard leadership were on hand to see the flight crews and maintenance personnel off at Hickam Field.
“I’m very proud of our Hawaiʻi National Guard Airmen who were able to generate this mission on very short notice,” said Governor Ige. “Hawaiʻi stands with our brothers and sisters in Texas and I know the crew will be bringing the Aloha Spirit to a lot of people who are in great need right now.”
The C-17 has been tasked with transporting relief supplies such as generators, tactical shelters, medical supplies and field kitchens from National Guard units from other states. They anticipate they will be flying multiple missions and the return date has not yet been determined. The 204th Airlift Squadron is one of three flying units within the Hawaiʻi Air National Guard’s 154th Wing, the largest and most complex wing in the entire Air National Guard. The Guard is tasked with being ready for war or any other operational contingency overseas and well as disaster response here at home.
From the Lonely Planet website
Few travel lovers have trouble naming the world’s greatest cities; the likes of London, New York and Rio de Janeiro will always draw curious wanderers. But keeping tabs on the local trends that keep city life so exciting is another matter.
We asked our Lonely Planet Locals from around the globe to share their must-see neighbourhoods.
From the This Day in Aviation website
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The ten women along with their 36 male classmates, received their Silver Wings on 2 September 1977. They are Captains Connie Engel, Kathy La Sauce, Mary Donahue, Susan Rogers and Christine Schott; First Lieutenants Sandra Scott and Victoria Crawford; Second Lieutenants Mary Livingston, Carol Scherer and Kathleen Rambo.
Earlier, we posted a photo of OCS Class 09-71 in formation. The photograph did not include some class members.
The photograph below was taken a the class Christmas party. Special thanks to Gervin Miyamoto, who provided identification and comments.
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Third row (L-R): John Amadeo, HFD Fire Captain resigned; LTC (Ret) Eldon Kaopua, HPD-Retired; Douglas Abe, would have made a fine officer, resigned prior to graduation; William Fernandez, Hawaiian Elec Engineer, resigned commercial business hard on him.
Second row (L-R): Roy Tanahara, Hawaiian Tel, resigned too hard to take off from work; Darryl Asing, United Flight Attendant; LTC (Ret) Ray Oyama , the Commandant; James Blake, Lt Col (Ret) Gervin Miyamoto; LTC (Ret) Skippy DeMello
First row (L-R): Lt Col (Ret) Norman Nitta, great guy, COL (Ret) Wayson Wong, Army JAG, John Flores, a former Marine got out or moved, Fred Camit, worked for Kuilima, later resigned his commission.
