From the CNBC website
Your estate might need a Plan B.
When you’re drawing up a will, the assumption is typically that you’ll be the first to die; your assets distributed to a spouse, children, grandchildren and other loved ones. But accidents and crimes can claim several lives in one swoop.
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Thanks to recent retiree Doug Awana for emailing the photograph and comments to Retiree News.
Just FYI …. Ran into my very first supervisor in the HIANG (straight out of BMT & Tech School) SMSgt (ret) Louie Kono at HAFB commissary today. He’s 88 years young now. Although in a motorized shopping cart in this pic, he is still mobile on his own when not shopping.
He shared “My wife and I are trying to live an independent lifestyle and just take care of each other”. He looked incredible and still carries a great conversation very well.
From the NGAUS Washington Report
The Air National Guard may rid itself of its 236 F-15C and D Eagle fighter jets to save money and replace them with F-16s, House lawmakers were told last week by the Air Guard director.
Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice confirmed that plan when asked about it by Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness subcommittee reported on by Air Force Times. Rice said the plan was “predecisional.”
From the NGAUS Washington Report
A Pentagon advisory committee on women’s issues released its annual report this week with recommendations on issues from mentorship to transition services to the chaplaincy.
The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, or DACOWITS, has been around since 1951. This report marks its 65th anniversary. Its members are appointed by the defense secretary and serve from one to four years
From the Images of Old Hawaii website
Kalaeloa is literally translated as, “the distant point or the long cape.” It is situated on the ʻEwa Plain in the ahupuaʻa of Honouliuli.
Kalaeloa region was a very good place for fishing and shoreline collecting; the koʻa (fishing ground) outside of Kalaeloa is called Hani-o.
From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website
Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DOD) recently released findings of a new study called Prospective Post-Traumatic Stress disorder Symptom Trajectories in Active Duty and Separated Military Personnel, which examines Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms in Veterans, compared with active-duty populations.
Webmaster Comments: information about the study indicates 44% of respondents were Guard and Reserve members
Retiree enjoy seven to eight hours of leisure time per day, according to 2015 data from the American Time Use Survey. They use their newfound free time in a variety of ways, including taking up new hobbies, realizing at home and lingering over daily activities.
Several interesting topics today.
From the SecureMac website
A popular item last Christmas season, the “CloudPets” brand of toys advertises a unique selling point: the ability for parents to share messages with their children from afar through their favorite stuffed animal. While it sounds heartwarming in concept, in practice the company behind the products implemented nearly no precautions to protect the user data obtained from using those features.
From the Huffington Post website
Organizing your key information and getting your personal and financial affairs in order is a great gift to your loved ones.
To help you get started, your first step is to gather up all of your important personal, financial and legal information so you can arrange it in a format that will benefit you now, and your loved ones later.
Then you’ll need to sit down and create various lists of important information and instructions of how you want certain things handled when you die or if you become incapacitated.
From the This Day in Aviation website
27 March 1977: The deadliest accident in the history of aviation occured when two Boeing 747 airliners collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (TFN), on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. 583 people died.
An airport closure at Las Palmas Island forced many trans-Atlantic airliners to divert to the smaller airport on Tenerife. The ramp and taxiways were congested and refuelers were overwhelmed by the increased traffic, leading to many delays.
Many Hawaii Air National Guard retirees attend the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Tennessee. (It was Knoxville, Tennessee until a newly created Lousiville County separated from Alcoa County.)
CMSgt Art Hafner was one of the original staff at the NCOA when it opened. The Chief later became the 9th Commandant of the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center.
Col Edmund C. Morrisey served as the commandant of the first Non-Commissioned Officer Academy class. He later became the first commander of the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center (TEC).
This photograph was taken on May 23, 2013. Both retirees continue to attend graduation ceremonies, “sitting in the back.”
Since the first class in 1968, the TEC’s Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center has since graduated nearly 40,000 NCO academy students as well as more than 20,000 Airman leadership school students. More than 14,600 officers earned their commissions on the campus prior to the 2009 relocation of the Academy of Military Science to Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Thousands of others attended professional and continuing education courses on the campus located in Louisville, Tennessee.
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Webmaster Comments: The comments that follow Rodney Lee’s five provide more memories. My favorite was Byron’s Drive-In
From the Midlife Crisis Hawaii website
What 5 eateries would you like to bring back from small-kid-time? No shame leave a comment about each one.
