As we enter the new year it’s a good time to reflect on major life changes that may have occurred for you and your family during the past year.
Changes like; a marriage, birth of a child, death of a family member, a change in health status, divorce, change of jobs, caring for a special needs child, entering retirement, charitable giving decisions, selling of a primary residence or investment property. Any one of these events could trigger the need to revise your estate plan by making adjustments to your will or creating an amendment to your trust or reassigning beneficiary(s); both primary and contingent.
Here are five considerations to see if you have any estate housekeeping to do…
The 2017 almanac version of Air Force Link is now available online. Traditionally called “The Book.” This section focuses on important facts and provides insight into today’s Air Force.
Data in “The Book” highlights the service’s major commands and their functions, weapon systems, demographics, statistics and other information. Also included is maps of Air Force installations and other Air Force facts and statistics.
Major General Arthur J. Logan
The Adjutant General for the State of Hawaii
Cordially invites you to attend
The Armed Forces Reserve Center Memorialization Ceremony
in honor of
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Henry S. Hara
On Friday, the twenty sixth of May
two thousand and seventeen
from ten o’clock in the morning until twelve-thirty
in the afternoon
The event will be held at
The Armed Forces Reserve Center
Keaukaha Military Reservation
1304 Kekuanaoa Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Refreshments to follow
R.S.V.P. by 28 April 2017
Electronic R.S.V.P.
POC: MSG Maria Durham 808-844-6291
Alt POC: CPT Allen Tudela 808-672-1413
Military: Duty Uniform
Civilian: Business Casual or Aloha Attire
Thanks to Billy Chang for emailing this photograph and comments to Retiree News.
I ran into Sam Saffery yesterday at the Navy Exchange.
Sam told me he is 80 years young and living in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is home temporarily to take care of family business then will go back to Arizona.
He told me he does not have a PC but keeps in touch with Gary Hema.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
Most children receive plenty of toys that are played with for a few days and then forgotten. Some parents and grandparents want to give a gift that will have a more lasting impact.
Here are some of the ways to give a financial gift instead of merely stuff.
From the TRICARE website
Beginning on May 1, 2017, United Concordia Companies, Inc. (United Concordia) will manage the TRICARE Dental Program (TDP). Beneficiaries don’t need to take any actions to continue their coverage. The TRICARE Dental Program is currently managed by Met Life Dental.
From the Social Security website
When to claim Social Security retirement benefits is one of the most important financial decisions an individual can make. Social Security provides monthly benefits to eligible retired workers and their families. As retirement nears, an individual must decide at which age to start receiving benefits. Benefits may be claimed before, at, or after full retirement age (FRA), which varies depending on year of birth. Benefits claimed before reaching FRA are permanently reduced, but they are collected over a longer period.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
If you’re a caregiver for a family member who is ill or has special needs, money is always in the background.
It’s unavoidable. When people are sick or need special attention, it costs money; money you may not have. In fact, a new annual AARP Research Report, which surveyed 1,864 family caregivers between July 18 and Aug. 28, 2016, indicates that family caregivers spend an average of $6,954 in out-of-pocket expenses related to caregiving.
And if you have money problems while caring for a family member, your lack of funds only makes it harder to help them.
An Austrian hotel lost control of its door locks, keeping new guests stranded in the lobby. A police department in Cockrell Hill, Texas abandoned years of video evidence and digital documentation. In Washington, DC, the police couldn’t access its CCTV footage storage system days before Donald Trump’s inauguration. All of this news came out in the last week, stemming from a rapid escalation of how ransomware is deployed. And it’s only going to get worse.
Ransomware has existed in various forms for over a decade. In a classic ransomware scenario, malware storms your computer, encrypts your data, and won’t give you the decryption key unless you pay a fee, usually in Bitcoin. Variations involve holding specific equipment, like your keyboard, hostage until you pay the ransom.
But over the last 18 months, ransomware attacks have increasingly targeted large organizations and systems rather than individuals. One big payout from a group that can afford it beats stringing together lots of small payments from individuals. At this point, ransomware attacks are a $1 billion-per-year business. And, more importantly, the trend is creating collateral damage like never before.
Kyle Breedlove served as the commander of the then 154th Communications Flight. He retired in the nineties and continued working as a Navy contractor for several years.
In 2005, he returned to his home in Indiana. Kyle reported that his wife Barbara passed away in 2009.
Like many retirees, Kyle has started taking cruises. He continues to participate ballroom dancing, an activity he began in Hawaii. The photograph shows Kyle and his dance partner, Rose, at a dance function.
Great to see Kyle still wears his Ryen’s aloha shirts.
From the Health Day website
Vaccination greatly reduces the risk of serious complications from shingles, a new study finds.
Shingles occurs when the same virus that causes chickenpox is reactivated later in life. Nearly one-third of people in the United States will develop shingles. The risk increases with age, researchers said.
From the Army Times website
The Air Force is considering offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to pilots who agree to stay on for 13 more years, in what would be a major change to its Aviator Retention Pay program.
Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, the Air Force’s personnel chief, told the House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel Wednesday that the Air Force is also considering offering pilots contract extensions — with lucrative bonuses attached — for one year or two years, in addition to the five- and nine-year extensions that are typically offered
From the Honolulu Star-Advertiser website
Major General Arthur “Joe” Logan, Adjutant General, Hawaii, delivered the keynote address for the WWI Centennial Commemoration Ceremony in tribute to six victims of an attack on the SS Aztec, a merchant marine vessel torpedoed by a German submarine on April 1, 1917, which sank, claiming six Hawaii born merchant mariners John Davis, Charles Kanai, Eleka Kaohi, Chester Lee, Julian R. Macomber and Henry Rice.
They were remembered as part of the opening ceremonies for the Hawaii WWI Centennial Commemoration 2017-2019 at Aloha Tower’s Gordon Biersch Restaurant, April 2, 2017.
Following the onshore ceremony, about 50 participants went out on the ocean outside Honolulu Harbor on the USCG Cutter Ahi and the catamaran Wind Warrior to scatter flower blossoms and lei in tribute of the six fallen men.
