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Earlier this year, Stephen Lum of the department’s Public Affairs Office completed a photo gallery recognizing the eighteen individuals who served as Hawai‘i’s adjutants general through the years. Each photo includes short biography of officer. This photo gallery is in the hallway outside the Adjutant General’s office here at the State Headquarters.
Special thanks to Steve for another superb job.
To share Steve’s hard work, we will post one of the photos each week. This week’s photo features Hawai‘i’s eighth Adjutant General, Colonel Perry M. Smoot.
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This information comes from a Hawaiian Airlines press release
We are happy to announce that Hawaiian Airlines is working with the Transportation Safety Administration to bring TSA Pre-Check to select airports. TSA Pre-Check is a TSA-managed program aimed at identifying processes to expedite physical screenings and minimize unnecessary screenings for low risk passengers. Select airports now have designated TSA Pre-Check Lanes. Passengers who are qualified to use the TSA Pre-Check Lanes will see a TSA Pre-Check Logo on their boarding pass. This logo is generated solely by the TSA for each individual passenger. Passengers using the TSA Pre-Check Lanes are allowed to leave on their shoes, belts, and jackets. They may leave their laptop computers and liquids/gels in their carry-on luggage. These efforts make the screening process much faster and more convenient. To learn more, please click here.
Retiree News received a report that Timothy Carroll passed away on Saturday after suffering a heart attack on Friday.
Colonel Tim Carroll came to the Hawaii Air National Guard from the National Guard Bureau. He served as the Executive Support Staff Officer (ESSO), the predecessor to the current Directory of Staff position for about a year. After his retirement, he returned to the Washington DC area where is worked as a contractor.
Tim Carroll’s passing came form Terry L. Scherling, an retired major general whose last assignment was the Special Assistant to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. She is President and CEO of TENICA and Associates, LLC, a national defense and homeland security consulting firm providing support to both public and private sector (government and non‐governmental) clients.
Owen Emory Abe, 69, of Honolulu, a retired Hawai‘i Army National Guard staff sergeant, passed away on November 29, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Marjorie T.; son Brandon T.; daughters Shirley J. Cuskarovska, Cynthia A. Ishizaki and April S. Abe; brother Milton; sister Elaine Nakao; and four grandchildren.
Special thanks to these Retiree News readers who registered to “Follow Blog via Email” last week: Debra Brownhill, Antone Gabriel
The annual Hickam Tower Lighting Ceremony is this Friday, December 5, 2013. This MWR flyer provides the information about the event.
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If you are like millions of animal owners nationwide, your pet is an important member of your household. Unfortunately, animals are also affected by disaster.
The likelihood that you and your animals will survive an emergency such as a fire or flood, tornado or terrorist attack depends largely on emergency planning done today. Some of the things you can do to prepare for the unexpected, such as assembling an animal emergency supply kit and developing a pet care buddy system, are the same for any emergency. Read more www.ow.ly/q29xb
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The latest effective flood hazard zones from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for the State of Hawaiʻi are now updated in PacIOOS Voyager. FIRM indicate the potential for flooding in any given year and are vital to plan for future events in a manner that increases resiliency. Go to http://ow.ly/riJxi
This information came from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) website
Actually, you do need to share your passwords
No one stays healthy forever. At some point, your loved ones will need access to all of your accounts. You can make that job easier for them.
No reader questions today. Instead, I’m answering a question that someone should ask: In our password-protected digital world, how do you prepare for that inevitable day when you die or otherwise become incapacitated?
This is no small problem. When you’re gone, or have otherwise lost the ability to remember or communicate, loved ones will need access to your email, contacts, bank accounts, and more. Without your pre-planned help, this can be quite a challenge. Read more http://ow.ly/rcOuc
Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday when families gather and share a meal. More Americans travel on this extended weekend to get home because there is nothing like the Thanksgiving meal with family. Families all have their personal Thanksgiving traditions, down to who carves the turkey.
For many, Thanksgiving marks the start of the holiday season. It is a wonderful time of the year, as a popular holiday song declares.
As you sit down to your Thanksgiving meal today, take a moment to remember our fellow service members who are deployed and not at home with their families. Remember them, along with all those who served before them.
Happy Thanksgiving!
National Guard Birthday Commemoration: there’s still time to register and send in your checks for the celebration. For more information http://wp.me/p3639O-X6
Walter Kaneakua has left Senator Mazie Hirono’s staff, where he served as the Assistant for Military Affairs. Earlier, he served in the same capacity for Senator Daniel Inouye for many years until the senator’s passing. He has always been a strong advocate of military initiatives, especially those involving the Hawaii National Guard.
Earlier this year, Stephen Lum of the department’s Public Affairs Office completed a photo gallery recognizing the eighteen individuals who served as Hawai‘i’s adjutants general through the years. Each photo includes short biography of officer. This photo gallery is in the hallway outside the Adjutant General’s office here at the State Headquarters.
Special thanks to Steve for another superb job.
To share Steve’s hard work, we will post one of the photos each week. This week’s photo features Hawai‘i’s seventh Adjutant General, Major John W. Short
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The Army Corps of Engineers is working to replace the World War II-era buildings housing the headquarters of U.S. Army Pacific Command. http://ow.ly/rcBdL
