Raymond Adams, 81, of Kailua, a retired GTE Hawaiian Tel operations manager and a retired Hawai‘i Army National Guard major, passed away on October 19, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Cheryl Rapoza, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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You are invited to celebrate the Retirement of CMSgt Raymond W. Chang, Jr. from the U.S. Air Force and Hawaii Air National Guard
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013 Time: 1100-1400 Location: Waikele Golf Club, 94-200 Paioa Place Waipahu, HI 96797 RSVP: November 8, 2013 POC: MSgt Gina Castillo 782-2972 Electronic Invitation: https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=172032&k=036640097855Earlier 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 fourth Adjutant General, Colonel Will Wayne.
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The Windfall Elimination Provision affects how the amount of a Social Security retirement or disability benefit is calculated if you receive a pension from the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). A modified formula is used to calculate the benefit amount, resulting in a lower Social Security benefit.
The Social Security Administration provides a publication that outlines the effects of federal service covered by the Civil Service Retirement System after 1956 on Social Security benefits. That publication can be found at: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/EN-05-10045.pdf.
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RAYMOND ADAMS Oct. 26, 1931 – Oct. 19, 2013 He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. He retired from GTE Hawaiian Tel in 1988 with 36 yrs. of service and the Hawaii Army National Guard with 27 yrs. of service. He is survived by daughter Cheryl Rapoza (Albert), granddaughters Jamie Rapoza and Jennifer Marsh (James), and great-grandchildren Austin and Ava.
The October 2013 edition of National Guard is available online at http://ow.ly/qiXUY
The National Association of the United States (NGAUS) discussed future pay, allowances and benefits with senior staff of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission at the National Guard Memorial, the association’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., October 25, 2013.
Established by the fiscal 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, the commission will review the military compensation and retirement programs and make recommendations for their modernization to the president and Congress next spring.
The commission’s stated goal is to ensure the long-term health of the all-volunteer force, provide for a high quality-of-life for service members and their families, and make sure the compensation and retirement programs are financially sustainable.
Of great interest to NGAUS is a 2012 recommendation by the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation to cut drill pay in half. It would make drill pay one-day’s pay for each day drilled, instead of the historic two-day’s pay for each drill day.
Retired Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett, the association president, and Pete Duffy, the legislative director, told commission staff that the QRMC recommendation ignores that Guard service involves more than a two-day-a-month commitment, especially for officers and NCOs.
NGAUS, however, welcomes a fresh look at the current Guard and Reserve retirement program, which requires most part-time recipients to wait until age 60 to begin drawing their retirement pay. It has gone largely unchanged since its establishment in 1947.
The association will testify to the full commission Nov. 13.
The commission invites all NGAUS members to share their thoughts on military pay and retirement, quality of life, and health care through the public comments section at the upper right corner of its website at www.mcrmc.gov.
Soldiers is the official United States Army magazine. The Defense Media Activity produces the magazine for the Secretary of the Army Office of Public Affairs. Read the October issue http://soldiers.dodlive.mil/2013/10/
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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 third Adjutant General, Brigadier General Samuel Johnson.
click on photo to enlarge
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