Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Friday it will recall 3.53 million vehicles, most in the United States, citing passenger-side air bags that may not work properly because vehicle sensors may malfunction.
The Japanese automaker said this is the fourth recall since 2013 to address problems with occupant classification systems that may fail to properly identify adult front seat passengers.
The long-awaited omnibus VA reform bill made its debut on April 28, proposing stark changes in how the agency disciplines senior executives charged with wrongdoing.
Most controversially, the bill proposes to remove the Merit Systems Protections Board from the appeals process, requiring executives to appeal directly to VA Secretary Bob McDonald.
As expected, the proposal would shift VA SES members from Title 5 status to Title 38 status, which gives the VA more flexibility in compensation, but also moves the employee discipline and appeals process in-house.
The Oahu Veterans Council will host the annual Memorial Day Eve Candlelight Ceremony. Caz Ross, is the event coordinator.
Date: May 29, 2016
Time: starting at 1700
Where: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)
For more information: 2016 Candlelight Ceremony
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William Olin Crowell, 78, of Kekaha, Kauai, a retired Hawaii Air National Guard 154 Air Control Squadron operations superintendent, passed away on April 24, 2016. He was born in Waimea, Kauai.
He is survived by wife Leimomi B., sons Mark “Kimo” and Drew “Kalei,” daughter Michelle Curammeng, brother Oliver, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation: 9:30 a.m. May 2 at St. Paul’s Church, Kekaha. Services: 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Photo by Renee Mosher-Wakumoto
Aloha All,
Please join me in congratulating Col Taison Tanaka as our new 154th Vice Wing Commander.
Colonel Tanaka has held positions in both active duty and the HIANG in Financial Management, he’s a graduated commander for the 154WG Logistic Readiness Squadron, and most recently was the Director of Staff of the HIANG for the past year and a half.
Taison grew up in Hilo, Hawaii and attended Waiakea High School. He is married to Yukie Tanaka and both have a 3 year old daughter, Ashlynn.
We are all looking forward to Taison’s start date of 25 April 16.
Please join me in welcoming Col Tanaka, Yukie and Ashlynn.
Congratulations Taison!!!
Aloha,
Mongo
BRADEN SAKAI, Brig Gen, HIANG
Commander
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The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence.
William McKinley was president of the United States, and the causal event was the explosion of the battleship USS Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba on February 15, 1898.
So, what does that have to do with Hawai‘i?
From the Air Force Magazine daily e-newsletter
President Obama has nominated General David Goldfein to serve as the next Chief of Staff of the Air Force, according to an April 26 Pentagon announcement. If confirmed by the Senate, Goldfein, who currently serves as USAF vice chief of staff, would replace General Mark Welsh, who has led the service since August 2012.
Welsh will retire July 1 after a nearly 40-year Air Force career, which includes assignments as commander of US Air Forces in Europe, associate director of the Central Intelligence Agency for military affairs, and vice commander of Air Education and Training Command. Welsh is a command pilot with more than 3,300 hours in the F-16, A-10, T-37, and TG-7A.
Sources previously told Air Force Magazine that Defense Secretary Ash Carter wanted the next service chief to be a combat veteran capable of leading the Air Force during the ongoing air war against ISIS. Goldfein, a 1983 Air Force Academy graduate, previously served as director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon and led Air Forces Central Command from August 2011 to July 2013. He is a command pilot with more than 4,200 hours flying the T-37, T-38, F-16C/D, F-117A, MQ-9, and MC-12W. He has flown combat missions in Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan.
“General Goldfein possesses the experience and vision needed to address dynamic global challenges and increasing military demand. He knows how to build and sustain key partnerships, has important warfighting experience, and will exercise the critical judgement required to balance our manpower and resources as we shape tomorrow’s Air Force,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said in an April 26 release.
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James R. Gonsalves, 85, of Kekaha, Kauai, an Army veteran who served in the Korean War, retired Air National Guard staff sergeant and Pacific Missile Range Facility heavy-equipment operator, passed away on April 1, 2016. He was born in Omao, Kauai.
He is survived by son Dayne, daughter Jamesette “Keikilani” Johnson, sisters Virginia Perry and Evangeline Hosino, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Visitation: 9 a.m. April 30 at St. Theresa Church, Kekaha. Mass: 11 a.m. Burial to follow at Kauai Veterans Cemetery, Hanapepe. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
The Veterans Affairs Department is weighing whether to add several diseases to the list of health conditions presumed in Vietnam veterans to be caused by exposure to Agent Orange.
A VA working group is studying a report issued in March by the Institute of Medicine to determine whether bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms — illnesses the IOM said may be more strongly linked to exposure than previously thought — should automatically make a Vietnam veteran eligible for VA disability benefits and health care.
“Carbohydrates are the sugars, starches and fibers found in fruits, grains, vegetables and milk products. Though often maligned in trendy diets, carbohydrates — one of the basic food groups — are important to a healthy life.”
Carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy diet, but there’s much discussion about the good and bad carbohydrates.
So how do you know which is which? The answer is both simple — and complex.
