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Antone “Tony” Enriquez, 75, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired Isemoto Contracting Co. concrete mason and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away on December 13, 2015. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii.
He is survived by wife Winifred “Winnie” Ah Hee; sons Lloyd and Brian; daughters Debra Isabel, Denise Hauanio and Brianna Enriquez-Cabalis; brothers Benny and George; sister Elizabeth Konanui; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; numerous hanai children; and hanai grandchildren.
Visitation: 8 a.m. Saturday at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Services: 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery, Mormon section. Casual attire.
Off Governor Ige’s Facebook page.
On December 15, I had the honor of participating in a rare double-pinning ceremony for the Hawaii Army National Guard – including pinning of the first woman of native Hawaiian ancestry to become a general in the Hawai‘i Army National Guard. Congratulations General Brigadier General Suzanne Vares-Lum, Deputy J-5, and Brigadier General Kenneth Hara, Deputy Adjutant.
More photos here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/govhawaii/4P51a2
During a kona wind, fume from Puʻu ʻŌʻō (foreground) and Halemaʻumaʻu Crater (background), both on Kīlauea, blows northward, with towering Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the horizon. USGS photo.
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Many readers know that the Island of Hawai‘i is made of five volcanoes—Kīlauea, Mauna Loa, Hualālai, Mauna Kea, and Kohala. Those same readers know that such obvious features as the cones that dot Mauna Kea, the Hāla‘i Hills and Kūlani Cone on Mauna Loa, and Kapoho Cone, Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, and Mauna Ulu on Kīlauea are places where eruptions took place. If that’s the case, then why aren’t they called volcanoes? Isn’t a volcano a place where lava reaches the surface of the earth? Why doesn’t the island have hundreds of volcanoes instead of only five?
Airman is the online magazine of the United States Air Force. The Defense Media Activity produces the magazine for the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs.
Read the latest postings at http://airman.dodlive.mil
View back issues http://airman.dodlive.mil/category/archive/
A Charlie Brown Christmas is an animated television special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. The program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965 and will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year.
Click here to learn more about this Christmas tradition
Medicare provides essential medical benefits for tens of millions of Americans. Although the program can be extremely complicated, there are some simple numbers that nearly every Medicare participant should keep in mind. Below, we’ll look at five of them and explain what you need to know about each one.
For 80 years, Social Security has been a key part of how Americans ensure their financial security after they retire. As reliable as Social Security has been, it has often gone through major changes, and 2016 will be an unusually active year for the program as important legal revisions take effect. Let’s look more closely at some of the biggest changes to Social Security for 2016 as well as what’s not changing.
Owen K. Uehara, 56, of Waimanalo, an Air Force veteran and Hawaii Air National Guard retiree, passed away in St. Francis Hospice on December 17, 2015. He was born in Honolulu.
He is survived by wife Susan, daughter Erin, son Evan, mother Susan, brothers Lionel and Kurt, and sisters Karen Kushi, Ramona Kogachi, and Katherine and Mary-Ann Uehara.
Private services.
An announcement that the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii is discontinuing 21-gun salutes at veterans’ funerals brought online anger last week. But it turns out the policy is a change that was authorized Air Force-wide in 2013.
Local Honolulu television station KHON 2 reported that the 15th Wing had decided to reduce the number of honor guards assigned to a funeral detail from seven to two airmen. That would mean veteran burials would no longer receive the three-volley firing often referred to as a 21-gun salute.
VA home loans are among the strongest benefits that veterans can easily access, but there are a few misconceptions in the ether that might be preventing some veteran from utilizing them. One fact of veteran life is that benefits aren’t usually well-advertised; they usually need to be actively sought out and researched.
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Not even a week after Air Combat Command recommended the Air Force develop a career path for enlisted drone pilots, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said they’ll be allowed to do so.
“The RPA enterprise is doing incredibly important work and this is the right decision to ensure the Air Force is positioned to support the future threat environment,” she said in an announcement on Thursday, referring to the acronym for remotely piloted aircraft.
YOSHIAKI DAIKOKU YOSHIAKI “Yoshi” Daikoku 80, passed away peacefully December 05, 2015. Born December 13, 1934 in Ko’olaupoko, Kailua (Oahu). U.S. Air Force Veteran, COMSAT Communication Satellite Corporation/Lockheed Martin Retiree.
He is survived by his wife, Naomi Morton Daikoku; son Ivan K. Daikoku; daughters, Doreen D. (Abel) Seabury, Lynette K.D. (Rodney) Pang, Heidi N.D. (Dominic) Amantiad, sisters, Jane Harue Kubota, Flora Tomiko Watanabe, and six grandchildren.
A celebration of his life will be held on Sunday, December 27th at Hosoi Garden Mortuary, 3:00 p.m. visitation, 4:00 p.m. service. Inurnment will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 05, 2016 at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe. Aloha/casual attire, no flowers. His family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude for the love & support they continue to receive from family and friends.
