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The 154th Wing Flickr photo sharing site started several years ago. It is a collection of current and older events.
Go to www.flickr.com/photos/hiang
Check back occasionally for new postings.
The vast majority of people who lose weight on a diet gain the weight back within a few years — but you can beat the odds!
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Frequent contributor John Chun emailed this photograph of Benet Costa.
John and his wife Lorraine visited Benet and his wife Suzi during their recent cross-country road trip. Benet relocated to the Boise area in Idaho after retiring from the 154th Wing.
Mahalo to John for sharing this photograph.
If you’re one of the 30% of Medicare beneficiaries on the hook for an increase, you may be able to reduce your premiums.
People with diabetes or a thyroid disorder, such as hypothyroidism, may experience slower metabolism rates, which can affect the body’s ability to process cholesterol properly.
Find out more about the impact of these and other health conditions
The credit card industry is undergoing a massive change as it switches to chip-based cards, and scammers are taking advantage.
Banks have been sending out new credit and debit cards that have an embedded microchip to meet an October 1 liability change deadline. But not everyone has received a new card yet: A September survey showed almost 60% of card users haven’t received a chip-enabled card.
The uneven distribution of new cards is leaving a window open for scams.
The 2016 cost of living adjustment (COLA) for federal benefits will be zero for 2016. This is because the index used to determine military retirement, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability payments, and social security shows that there has been on inflation since last September. The dramatic decrease in the cost of gasoline has cancelled out all the other price increases, leaving a net negative Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). This is the third time of no increase since increases were made automatic in 1975. Federal payments are received by about 80 million US residents each year, including retired and disabled workers and their families, disabled veterans, and federal retirees.
The short version of what I’ve just said: no increase in military retirement, VA disability, or social security in 2016.
The Department of Health and Human Services just mailed out the Medicare & You 2016 handbook. This is the official U.S. government Medicare handbook detailing benefits and processes.
If you want an electronic copy of the handbook, go to https://www.medicare.gov/pubs/pdf/10050.pdf
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The Army National Guard and Army Reserve need more than 39 days of training a year in order to truly be an operational force, the commanding general of First Army said Tuesday.
“The term ‘operational reserve’ is tossed around quite a bit, and I’m not sure we understand what that means,” said Lt. Gen. Michael Tucker in an interview with Army Times. “I firmly believe that if we’re going to maintain the reserve component as an operational reserve, we’re going to have to give them more days to train.”
Although you can’t cure dementia, there are steps you can take to help prevent it. Research shows that following a Mediterranean diet can help preserve and improve memory.
