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This article from the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor comes from the January 16, 2015 issue of the Ho‘okele, the unofficial paper of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
Young people interested in aviation as a career, as well as school groups, Scouts, and families can attend Discover Your Future in Aviation from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor.
This is the sixth year for this special aviation day, which features aircraft flyovers, remote control aircraft demonstrations, hands-on activities, career information, interactive science exhibits and a scavenger hunt. Guests can climb into the cockpits of some of history’s greatest aircraft and take photos in authentic flight gear.
Participants may enter to win aviation prizes and Boy Scouts can fulfill requirements for merit badges.
Admission to Discover Your Future in Aviation is $6 per person pre-sale online and $10 per person at the door. Those who wish to attend can purchase tickets online at www.PacificAviationMuseum.org. They can board the free Ford Island shuttle from the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.
For more information, call 808.441.1007 or email Education@PacificAviationMuseum.org or visit the museum website at http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/events/discover-your-future-in-aviation2
TRICARE users will need to identify themselves and their families on their 2014 tax forms as having healthcare coverage, Defense Department officials said, or risk paying a fine.
The Affordable Care Act requires Americans to hold what is known as “minimum essential coverage,” for their healthcare, either through their employer or purchased elsewhere. Those who did not have that coverage for 2014 could be charged a series of fees.
On behalf of Brig Gen Braden “Mongo” Sakai, 154th Wing Commander, you are invited to attend a retirement ceremony honoring one of our greatest, Col Glen “Knockers” Nakamura.
Where: Daniel K. Inouye Squadron Ops/AMU Hangar (Bldg 3428)
When: Saturday, February 7, 2015
Time: Ceremony starts at 1500, reception to follow
Uniform: ABU/ACU; Aloha attire for retirees and guests
Please RSVP via the following link: https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=227863&k=006345017D54
Questions to Capt Macie Akana, 808.448.8101, opt 2 or macie.akana.1@us.af.mil
Taken from the January 20, 2015 issue of the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) Washington Report
The defense secretary and an influential senator both said changes to military compensation are inevitable. Both were speaking just days before a report is expected from a commission that has been studying military benefits and compensation.
“We cannot sustain the current trajectory that we are on with the current system we have,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a speech last week, according to Military Times. “We’ve got to address this. And we’ve got to be honest about it. And we have to deal with it.”
The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission has been reviewing the compensation programs since it was created by Congress in 2013. Its report is expected February 1 and will likely recommend an overhaul of much of the system, although only new recruits will be affected by any changes. Current service members will continue under the current systems.
Senator John McCain, R-Arizona, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee that will address the recommendations from the report, told The Hill, “We know that it has to be reformed. Everybody knows it has to be reformed. There’s nobody I know that says you can continue as we’ve been going.”
The Defense Department has said that it spends so much on compensation, including retirement pay and health care that it impacts its ability to invest in new weapons systems.
Imagine being sound asleep in the middle of the night when suddenly your smoke alarms start blaring. Your house is filling with smoke. Do you know what to do? According to the American Red Cross (ARC), fire experts agree that people have about two minutes to escape a burning home.
With this in mind, ARC created the Home Fire Preparedness Campaign to reduce the number of fire related deaths and injuries by up to 25 percent over the next five years. You can be a part of this movement by having a fire escape plan that includes the following:
– Make sure all members of the household know how to get out of every room in the house;
– Pick a place outside where everyone can meet and be sure everyone knows where it is;
– Practice waking up to smoke alarms, low crawling and meeting outside;
– Practice your home fire drill until everyone in the house can do it in less than two minutes; and
– Make sure everyone knows how to call ‘911’.
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) says people are at greater risk for home fires during the winter months. Now that the season is here, use ARC’s printable worksheet and begin planning; then check out this video from the USFA to learn how to conduct a fire drill with your family today!
Colonel Roderick R. Leon Guerrero will be the new adjutant general of the Guam National Guard.
Governor Eddie Calvo announced in a press release today that Leon Guerrero will assume the Guam National Guard’s top leadership position because of Major General Benny Paulino’s retirement.
The appointment must first be approved by the Legislature.
Leon Guerrero began his military career as an enlisted soldier in 1985.
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Military retired pay rises each year to ensure that inflation does not erode the purchasing power of retirees. These cost-of-living adjustments, known as COLAs, match the annual increase in Social Security benefits. They become effective each Dec. 1 and first show up in January paychecks.
The foundation for the COLA adjustment is the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index, a measure of the cost of certain categories of goods and services that is updated monthly. There is one overall CPI, as well as a variety of more specific indexes. The index upon which the retired pay COLA is based is called the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W.
Most seniors with memory loss, dementia skip free testing from Medicare. There free dementia clinical testing now available to all senior citizens in Medicare.
The Air Force battling Congress over A-10s parallels the Army battle with Congress over helicopters in a period of Sequestration
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James last week tried to minimize the role the A-10 fighter is playing in the war against the Islamic State. She said other aircraft are being used more often in the campaign against the militant group, but pointed out that 11 percent of the Air Force’s sorties have been flown by the A-10, which the Air Force wants to retire by 2019.
“There are a number of strike platforms, of course, that are engaged in [the campaign],” she said, according to Defense News. “[The] A-10 is one of it, but there are also F-16s, F-15s and so forth. They’re each contributing.”
The A-10s now flying missions against the Islamic State are from the 122nd Fighter Wing of the Indiana Air National Guard.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. James Post, the vice commander of Air Combat Command, said praising the aircraft known for its close-air support capabilities is treason. According to The Arizona Daily Independent, Post said, “If anyone accuses me of saying this, I will deny it . . . anyone who is passing information to Congress about A-10 capabilities is committing treason.“
A spokeswoman for the command based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, said the general was using “hyperbole” to make a point.
The secretary’s remarks seem intended to downplay the aircraft’s role while the service tries to retire it in a money-saving effort. However, Defense News pointed out that the aircraft entered the fray only in November, three months after the air campaign began.
“For the A-10 to have hit 11 percent overall sorties in half the time of the F-16 indicates a high usage of the Warthog,” the publication wrote, using the nickname for the A-10. It also said supporters of the A-10 will probably use that figure to show the need for the aircraft.
Last month, Congress, with support from National Guard Association of the United States, delayed for one year the Air Force’s plan to put the aircraft out to pasture.
