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You can ease your family’s suffering by carefully planning for your own dying and eventual death. The more specific the plan and the arrangements, the less stress family members will experience at the time. UC Human Resources has produced a useful booklet that anyone can obtain for free entitled ” Preparing for the Inevitable “. This booklet can be found on the Life Events page of the Benefits web site at http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/prepinevit.pdf
From the This Day in Aviation website
Operation Babylift. As the end of the Vietnam War approached it was decided to evacuate 2,000 orphans, most in the care of an American hospital in Saigon, and to take them to safety within the United States. The first flight was aboard a U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy heavy lift transport, serial number 68-0218, piloted by Captains Dennis Traynor and Tilford Harp. Continue reading
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The Army in the coming months will collapse the separate IT networks of the Army National Guard, Army Reserves and the Army Corps of Engineers as the service works toward a flattened, singular Army network, according to the CIO/G-6.
The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that half of women and up to 25 percent of men in the U.S. over the age of 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis.
Francisco James Tabar, 88, of Waimānalo, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard and Army veteran, passed away on March 17, 2015. He was born in Waimānalo. He is survived by sons Francis, Charles, Steven and Wyland; daughters Francine Tabar, Doreen T. Teixeira and Maryrose McKee; brother Pedro; sister Mary Baliares; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
The Hawaii State Senate held the confirmation floor vote for Brigadier General Arthur “Joe” Logan as the Adjutant General and Colonel Kenneth Hara as the Deputy Adjutant General this afternoon. All state senators present and the vote on their confirmations were 24-0.
Congratulations to both officers.
The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the April 1995 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Ranks and unit designations are as they were in 1995.
The April column recognized two newly promoted colonels in the Hawaii Air National Guard.
+ Myron Dobashi, the Deputy Commander of the 201st Combat Communications Group, who pinned on his “eagles “ during the March UTA. Colonel Dobashi recently came to the 201st after commanding the 150th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron and the 154th Air Control Squadron on Kauai.
+ Melvin Honda, assigned to Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard. He served as a C-130 pilot at the 154th Wing. He moved to the Headquarters to become the chief planner for the HIANG Strategic Plan. Brig Gen David Rodrigues, Commander, Hawaii Air National Guard, pinned Colonel Honda.
The column recognized the HIANG’s five new Chief Master Sergeants
+ Reginald Chun, 154th Maintenance Squadron. Chief Chun was the NCOIC of the Missile shop, when it was out by the beach.
+ Alfred DeRego, 203d Air Refueling Squadron. Chief DeRego was long time technician and served with the Enlisted Association.
+ Harrison Iga, 154th Logistics Squadron. Chief Iga, another long time technician, was the hub of the supply operation.
+ Rex Koga, 203d Air Refueling Squadron. Chief Koga served in the avionics branch
+ Ken Sonan, 154th Operations Group. Chief Sonan worked comm-electronics issues for the radar units for many years.
SMSgt Deb Brownhill, 154th Civil Engineer Squadron, transferred to the Human Resources Management Office (HRMO). She will serve in the training section. On UTA weekends, Deb will work at HQ HIANG.
TSgt Kenneth Takushi of the 154 Mission Support Flight retired after 28 years of service.
TSgt Bridget Komine, 154 Mission Support Flight, completed the ANG NCO Academy at McGhee Tyson’s Professional Military Education Center.
Researchers looking at the causes of liver cancer say they’ve narrowed down just how much alcohol you have to drink to risk giving yourself the disease: three drinks a day.
Congratulations to the members of B Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment on winning the Aviation Unit of the… http://fb.me/47wYtM9hu
TRICARE wants to remind you that it will never call beneficiaries and ask you for your personal information, and if you receive this type of call it is fraud. You should never give out personal information, like your social security number, to anyone over the phone. In more sophisticated telephone scams, the caller may have specific information that makes the call seem official, typically your address, phone numbers or doctor’s name. If you receive a call like this, DO NOT give any of your personal identifiable information, such as birth date, social security number or banking information. TRICARE never asks beneficiaries for this information when calling for an official Department of Defense survey. For more information, visit the Report Fraud or Abuse webpage on the TRICARE website.
For more on TRICARE, visit the Military.com TRICARE section.
The link below goes to the Air Mobility Command (AMC) website. This website and connecting links have general information about Space “A” travel and contact numbers. Go to: http://ow.ly/k6dq6
The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) hosted its second large-scale “Sentry Aloha” fighter exercise in 2015, which ended last week.
For this exercise, F-15 Eagles from Oregon and Florida participated. The Arizona Air National Guard (ANG) sent F-16 Falcons, A-10 Warthogs, C-130 Hercules transports, and a KC-135 Stratotanker. ANG KC-135 refueling tankers came from Iowa and Maine. U.S. Naval aviators flew variants of the F/A-18 Hornet from California out of Kaneohe Marine Corps Base-Hawaii. There were a total of 45 aircraft and over 1000 servicemen from seven states participating.
“Sentry Aloha” exercises have been conducted by the HIANG several times per year, for decades. It has been growing in size and complexity following the HIANG’s conversion in 2010 to the F-22 Raptor, the U.S. Air Force’s premier fighter aircraft. “Sentry Aloha” is now the premier and primary training exercise to prepare multiple elements of the Air National Guard in the mission of our nation’s defense and augmentation of active duty forces should these ANG units be called upon for conflict or war.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has created four “Smart Cards” to assist users of social media with proper configuration of account privacy and security settings. Computer security experts recommend you review your security settings to keep both your personal information and information safe from those who would misuse it.
The links below go the Eastern Tennessee State University site. It was the only place where separate links were available.
Thanks to Robert Inouye for the sending information about these Smart Cards to Retiree News.
