Major League Baseball teams are showing their appreciation for service members, both past and present, with military discounts on 2015 game tickets. Many teams also hold military appreciation days to honor those who have served our country. Get a complete list of ticket deals in the Military.com Discounts Channel.
Staying hydrated provides your skin cells with what they need to stay plump and healthy, but drinking water helps your body function in other ways.
Gordon Kwock Wai Tam, 72, of Honolulu, a retired Aloha Airlines maintenance supervisor and Tam’s Shoe Repair Shop owner, and a Hawaii National Guard veteran, passed away on May 2, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife La Verne S., son Garrett K.W.I., brother Leonard and sisters Sheila Lum and Charlene Lau. Visitation: 3 p.m. Saturday at Nuuanu Memorial Park & Mortuary. Services: 4:30 p.m. Private inurnment to be held at a later date. Aloha attire. No flowers.
Boeing is banking on its partnership with Sikorsky on the SB-1 Defiant demonstrator to help usher in the next generation of rotorcraft for Army but still anticipates that its long-serving AH-64 Apaches and CH-47 Chinooks will continue to dominate the skies out to 2060.
The SB-1 Boeing and Sikorsky are developing for the Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) technology demonstration program is expected to fly in the third quarter of 2017 at West Palm Beach in Florida.
It is essential that you keep information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) up to date for you and your family. DEERS is a computerized database of uniformed service members (active duty and retired) worldwide, their family members, and others who are eligible for military benefits including TRICARE. Proper and current DEERS registration is key to receiving timely, effective TRICARE benefits including doctor’s appointments, prescriptions, payment of health care expenses, authorization letters, and explanations of benefits.
The following are the options to update your DEERS information.
| In Person1(add a family member of update contact information) | Visit a local identification card issuing facility- Find the facility near you at www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl
– Call to verify location and business hours |
| Phone2 | 1-800-538-95521-866-363-2883 (TSS/TTY) |
| Fax2 | 1-831-655-8317 |
| Mail2 | Defense Manpower Data Center Support Office
400 Gigling Road Seaside, CA 93955-6771 |
| Online2 | milConnect website:http://milconnect.dmdc.mil |
- Only sponsors (or those appointed power of attorney) can add a family member. Family members age 18 and older may update their own contact information.
- Use these methods to change contract information only.
For more information about TRICARE, visit their website: http://www.tricare.mil/
Eggs are a great source of protein, but some people have chosen to cut eggs from their diet because of their high cholesterol content. However, their benefits outweigh worries about cholesterol.
The islands are a pretty good place for military retirees who are more insulated from the high cost of living than the rest of us.
For generations, people have dreamed of retiring in, or to, Hawaii. The magnetic pull of the islands to the baby boomer generation — people born in the 18 years after World War II — runs deep.
The allure of island life and changing demographics explain why Hawaii is expected to have a huge elderly population by the year 2040 when nearly one-quarter of us will be seniors. If that state forecast proves true, it will amount to a near tripling of the senior population since 1980. Clearly, a lot of people who live, or visit, the islands saw — or still see — it as the ideal place to retire.
During the surge in Iraq in 2008, Nathan Witmer led an Army scout platoon in a thicket of villages rife with insurgents and roadside bombs. What he really wants to do is direct.
Or maybe write — or produce.
“Anything with movies was always the dream,” said Mr. Witmer, who left active duty in 2010.
The sun’s sole purpose is not to wrinkle our skin and give us cancer. Nope, science shows sunlight offers a number of health perks, from boosting our moods to preventing heart attacks.
Please note that the email that appears to be sent by USPS informing that due to incorrect address, the delivery person has failed to deliver a parcel to the recipient is actually a malicious message.
If you click on the “Shipping Label” web link present in that email, it will instantly download and install a malware on your PC.
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Sometimes it may be hard to tell the difference between the two.
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ICYMI: during May, the following postings received a high number of viewings.
Is Your Smartphone Tracking Where You Go? Apple and Android phones may be collecting data about where you go, but it can be prevented.
Check Six: The night Waikīkī got buzzed – 50 years ago In her last column with the Honolulu Advertiser, columnist Lee Cataluna wrote about the night Waikīkī got buzzed. In 1965….
New malware destroys your PC if detected A new type of malware resorts to crippling a computer if it is detected during security checks, a particularly catastrophic blow to its victims.
Hawaiian Electric has revised their Handbook for Emergency Preparedness. This year’s version includes updated information about preparing and surviving emergencies like tsunamis and hurricanes. Power outages from these events could be short, momentary interruptions that merely cause the lights to flicker to major outages lasting for days after a devastating hurricane.
This handbook is available in English, Cantonese, Ilocano, Korean, and Vietnamese. Please take time to read it. Click here and download your personal copy.
You may also request a printed copy by calling our local office at the following phone numbers:
Hawaiian Electric (Oahu): (808) 543-7511
Maui Electric (Maui County): (808) 871-2339
Hawaii Electric Light (Hawaii Island): (808) 969-0137
You may also be interested in the Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards published by the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. This handbook is in part a compilation from numerous publications associated with natural hazards and hazard mitigation.
Click here to download your personal copy.
