From the MedMD website
About one in five Americans drinks diet soda every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Is that a good thing?
Numerous studies over the past several years have reported links between diet soda and weight gain, diabetes, heart problems, and other health issues. Most recently, headlines sounded alarms about a higher chance of dementia and stroke among diet soda drinkers .
Thanks to MAJ Jeff Hickman for emailing this information to Retiree News.
First Sergeant Richard Yamada was assigned to Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 297th Supply and Services Battalion, when he retired in 1972. His service will be at Mililani Mortuary June 4th at 1100.
Mrs. Florence Yamada (wife) is requesting that any military who attend to wear aloha attire.
Date: Sunday, June 4, 2017
Time: 1000 – viewing and 1100 – service will be tradition Japanese ceremony
Place: Mililani Memorial Park & Mortuary, 94-1299 Ka Uka Blvd
Attire: Aloha Only
Retiree News extends heartfelt sympathy to Richard’s family and friends.
From the Images of Old Hawaii website
Workers on the line in the 1970s
In the 20th Century, working at the cannery was a rite of passage for many in here in Hawaii. Whether you were moving trays, working on the trimming line or operating the Ganaca machines, the hours were long and the work tedious. For many it was saving money for tuition.
This post covers the history of canning in the United States and some history of Hawaii’s canning industry. The photos at the end of the article should bring back memories for those who worked at one of the canneries in Kalihi.
There were other brave individuals who spent the summer on Molokai picking pineapples in the fields. But that’s a story for another post.
From the CNBC website
Would-be thieves will soon have one less avenue to use to snare your Social Security number.
Medicare has been the odd holdout among health insurance companies in using Social Security numbers as the basis for member IDs — and printing those identifiers right on the insurance card. That ends next year.
From the USA Today website
It’s too late for your 2016 tax return, but there are plenty of things you can start doing and ought to start doing now to lower your 2017 tax bill.
What are some of those things?
Congratulations to HIANG’s newest Chief, Carol Orr. Her promotion ceremony was held at the 154th Wing Dining Facility during the May UTA weekend. It was a standing room only crowd of family and friends. Among the retirees present were: Glenda Buis, Bill Cruz, Keith Lee, Glen “Knockers” Nakamura, Stanley Souza, Erik Wong, Terry Yonamine, Galen Yoshimoto.
The proudest person there was her father Richard “Soup Bone” Kashiwabara. Soup Bone served for many years in the 150th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Kokee AFS. (the 150 AC&WS is now part of the 169th Air Defense Squadron.)
During her career, Carol has served in many areas, including communications, military personnel and currently civilian personnel. A well deserved promotion!
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Heather Wilson will be the next secretary of the Air Force, following her confirmation by the Senate May 8, 2017.
Wilson, who is stepping down from her position as the president of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology to take the post, is expected to be sworn in within a week.
“We live in a remarkable country, protected by innovators and intrepid Airmen who take great risks on our behalf,” said Wilson. “I look forward to getting to work, focusing on readiness, modernization, development of leaders and research for the future.”
Wilson graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in the third class to include women. After graduating from USAFA in 1982, she earned masters and doctoral degrees as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England. She served as an Air Force officer in Europe during the Cold War and on the National Security Council Staff under President George H.W. Bush during the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. She has also worked as an advisor to several large defense and scientific organizations both before and after serving for a decade in the U.S. Congress.
The daughter and granddaughter of aviators, Wilson is an instrument rated private pilot.
Wilson becomes the second confirmed appointee in the Defense Department and will be responsible for organizing, training and equipping the U.S. Air Force of 660,000 Active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen, as well as managing its $132 billion budget.
The date for the upcoming Hawaii National Guard Vietnam Memorial Celebration is near.
But there still is some confusion as to who this memorial service is honoring. This memorial celebration will honor all military members who served during the Vietnam War. This includes:
+ Hawaii Army and Air National Guard veterans and members who were activated during the war.
+ Hawaii Army and Air National Guard veterans and members who served with active duty components during the war.
What: Hawaii National Guard Vietnam Memorial Celebration
Date: Thursday, May 25, 2017
Time: 1000-1345
Where: 29th IBCT Brigade Readiness Center
91-1227 Enterprise Avenue, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707
Registration Fee of $15.00/person includes lunch and refreshments. Please make your check or money order payable to: “HING Joint Staff Hui Fund”
Kalaeloa POC: Ms. Cathy Inouye (808) 844-6009 or cathy.a.inouye.nfg@mail.mil
Pearl City POC: Ms. Rosalind Pangan (808) 672-1778 or rosalind.p.pangan.nfg@mail.mil
Diamond Head POC: 1LT Joseph Ortega (808) 672-1364 or joseph.m.ortega16.mil@mail.mil
Military: Duty Uniform Civilian: Business Casual or Aloha Attire
Special thanks to Stephen Lum for shared this photograph from COL Donald Oura’s photo albums. Colonel Oura was the 29th Infantry Brigade commander in t he 1980s.
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Captain Joseph Chaves and LTC Edward Correa in a mission briefing during the 1983 Tiger Balm exercise.
Exercise Tiger Balm is a United States Army, Pacific (USARPAC) sponsored exercise conducted annually since 1981 with the Singapore Armed Forces, to enhance regional security, interoperability and country-to-country military relationships. The exercise location rotates between Hawaii in even-numbered fiscal years and Singapore in odd-numbered fiscal years.
Joe Chaves retired as a major general and his last assignment was with United States Army Pacific (USARPAC).
“Butch” Correa retired as a major general and his last assignment was the Adjutant General in the last 1990s.
From the Samantha Brown website
So to mark the start of a fresh year, I launched
#traveltips101. My top 101 bits of advice and best practices I’ve learned traveling the globe. I’m sharing every day on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, and they’ve been so popular that I decided to make a dedicated spot for them on my site. Here’s the first installment. Happy travels!
From the nextavenue website
Try your hand at looking into the future to find challenges and solutions.
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Tom Kato and David Snakenberg at the 1985 Gun Firing Camp at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station. Operations ran out of tents. The 154th Composite Group flew F-4C Phantoms at the time.
Tom worked on the flightline who worked on F-102A Delta Daggers, the F-4C Phantoms and the F-15 Eagles. Tom passed away on February 22, 2016 – review his Taps post.
Dave moved through the ranks. eventually becoming the 154th Wing Vice Commander and retired as a colonel.
From the TRICARE website
Starting on June 28, 2017, TRICARE will no longer include the drug Nexium in the preferred, or formulary, drug list, and it will no longer be available in military hospitals and clinics. In order to prepare for the change, patients are currently being asked to switch to one of the following three preferred alternatives that have been shown to demonstrate effective results.
From the Kiplinger Magazine website
Thanks to advancements in medical technology, Baby Boomers now entering retirement can expect to live another 20 or 30 years. Maybe longer.
We all like to think we’ll have the same abilities and independence at 85 that we had at 65, but that’s just not reality. If you’re 65 today in the United States, there’s a 70% chance you’re going to need some kind of long-term care during your life, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
