Month: September 2013

Jarrett F. (Deke) Carr, 91 passed away September 18 at home. He was born in Berkeley, California on November 21, 1921, son of Grace and Sidney Carr. His family moved to Hawai‘i in 1922. Jarrett was a WWII Veteran, a…

Edward Tsutomu Okuhara, 79, of Honolulu, a National Guard veteran, passed away on August 29, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Harriet; daughters Tammy Kajiyama, Robyn Wago and Jackie T. Bonifacio; brothers Nobu, Fred, Tamotsu…

Frank Francisco Montizor, 85, of Kailua-Kona, formerly of Moloka‘i, an Air Force retiree, passed away on September 1, 2013. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Mansfield, Franklin and Victor; 14 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

Brigadier General Bruce Oliveira, the Land Component Commander recently announced several Hawai‘i Army National Guard (HIARNG) senior command and key staff assignment changes. Colonel Bryan Suntheimer, the currently HIARNG Chief of Staff, will become the Mobility Assistant, Director, Logistics, Engineering…

Members of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard's 154th Wing last month returned home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam from the Philippines after a week of exchange with Philippine airmen on air defense and command and control issues, according to a wing…