The Arizona National Guard is investigating an aircrew that flew a Black Hawk helicopter over an upscale neighborhood in Phoenix and dropped candy on the evening of October 28, according to a statement issued October 31.
The aircrew on the UH-60 Black Hawk took off from the Papago Military Reservation, near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on the south side of the city, for a training mission in Deer Valley, on the north side of Phoenix.
From OPM Benefits Administration
The Social Security Administration provides a monthly newsletter that will provide you with valuable information concerning social security benefits.
Please visit their Newsletter at the following link: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/news/newsletter/
A total force integration team comprised of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th and the active duty’s 15th Maintenance and Operations Groups completed an inspection exercise under the recently implemented Commander’s Inspection Program here November 6-8.
Tens of billions of dollars sit in the unclaimed property funds that states run, waiting to be taken back by owners.
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From the Twitter feed of the National Guard @USNationalGuard Nov 4
Photo of the Day: Hawaii #NationalGuard members assist the Puna lava flow response: http://ngpa.us/fr
From Military.com
These ten celebrities are famous, they’ve gone on to great things, and they all have one thing in common: they served in the U.S. military. Some of them made use of military education benefits to further their careers. Others used their experiences in uniform as the springboard for a life in the spotlight. One has a Hawaii/Army connection.
The 2014 open season will run from November 10, 2014 through December 08, 2014. This information comes from an email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Visit the Open Season Online website for Federal Retirees and Survivor Annuitants to request open season plan information, access our self-service tools to make an open season change and make other retirement related changes. To access the open season website go to https://retireefehb.opm.gov. In order to access the website, you must register by using your CSA/CSF claim number and the last four digits of your SSN. During the registration process you will create a user id and password for the Open Season Online website.
Once you access https://retireefehb.opm.gov; you can also chat with a Customer Service Representative using Live Help or send a web mail message which will be answered by a Customer Service Representative. We have upgraded our secure site, if you have difficulty accessing Open Season Online and are using an older browser such as Internet Explorer 6 or lower; please consider upgrading your browser to the latest available version. You can also dial our toll-free Open Season Express number (interactive voice response system) at 1-800-332-9798.
Whether you choose to use the Open Season Online website or contact us by phone you will be able to make an Open Season change, request health plan information and/or make other retirement related transactions such as updates for home/email addresses and dependent information.
OPM Retirement Services now offers a mobile website for the Federal Employee Health Benefit Open Season. This enhancement brings all of the features of the website to the palm of your hand. The mobile website will be available during the enrollment period at https://retireefehb.opm.gov/mobile
Remember to visit Services Online at www.servicesonline.opm.gov for an easy and secure way to manage your retirement account. Services Online cannot be used to make open season changes.
Military Retirees, Annuitants and Former Spouses
The October 2014 Retiree Newsletter is ready for your review. It contains important information about how to access your 1099R for the upcoming tax season, managing your myPay password, updating your email addresses, and administrative updates and changes from our Branch of Service partners.
To access the newsletter, please click on the link below. You will find a list of topics for the October newsletter, and you will also have easy access to previous newsletters after you click the link. The links to the newsletter were consolidated into one link for your convenience.
http://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/newsevents/newsletter.html
Going to the mall this weekend? Be careful of these sneaky fast-food calorie bombs that claim to be good for you — but aren’t.
If you’re not yet receiving Social Security, the best estimate of the size of your eventual benefit check comes from creating an online account with the Social Security administration. You can create your account by following this link.
However, as great as that information from the Social Security Administration is, chances are that it only tells you half the story — that is, the better half. In all likelihood, the net check you receive will be smaller than what that estimate tells you, even if Social Security perfectly predicts the initial size of your benefit.
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The cabbage soup diet has been around for decades — but is this quick weight-loss plan a good idea?
The importance of Social Security retirement benefits cannot be understated as nearly one third of all U.S. retirees rely solely upon Social Security for their retirement income. Despite its importance and successful history of providing retirement income to the elderly, Social Security is at a crossroads and cannot continue down the same path for much longer. If it continues to operate under the status quo system, Social Security will only be able to pay 77% of its promised benefits in 2033. While that is a major blow to the system, it would be able to continue paying around 77% of benefits until 2088 when payments would drop to 72% of today’s promised benefits.
However, just ask someone relying upon Social Security today and they will tell you that they cannot afford to take a 23% cut in their retirement income. In response to this pending Social Security shortfall and retirement crisis, Congress has the wheels turning to find solutions.
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Highlights from this issue of Kūkā‘ilimoku
– 154th Services Flight members return from their Qatar deployment – Comments from CMSgt Henry Machado’s retirement dinner speech – Enlistment photographs – how many are still in?– Promotion lists – how many are still in?
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