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Ray Jardine Honored

Posted on Mar 29, 2014 in Awards

The State of Hawaii House of Representatives honored the Small Business Administration’s State of Hawaii 2014 Awardees. Among this year’s awardees was Raymond Jardine, Jr., a retired Hawaii Army National ...
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HIARNG Medal of Honor Recipients

Posted on Mar 28, 2014 in Awards

The National Guard Education Foundation added nine names last month to its Medal of Honor Gallery at the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C. The nine men who earned their nation’s ...
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The Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1 Battalion-299 Infantry (Maui) went to Fort Lewis, Washington for training in September 1983. With Mount Rainer in the background, some of the soldiers took ...
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Hawaii Medal of Honor

Posted on Mar 26, 2014 in Awards

State Representative K. Mark Takai introduced the bill that established the Hawai‘i Medal of Honor in 2005. The bill became law in 2005, and the Legislature has had Hawai‘i Medal of ...
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Taps: Seichi Yamamoto

Posted on Mar 25, 2014 in Taps

Seichi Yamamoto, 95, of Honolulu, a retired National Guard supply sergeant and an Army retiree, passed away on February 23, 2014. He was born in Honoka‘a, Hawai‘i. He is survived by ...
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Taps: Carl Tanaka

Posted on Mar 20, 2014 in Taps

Carl K. Tanaka, 54, of Honolulu, a National Guard veteran, passed away on March 4, 2014. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by parents Howard Masaru and Helene ...
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Retiree News received it’s 50,000 hit sometime yesterday. Mahalo to everyone who loged on to check the Retiree News website over the past 15 months.  Your support is appreciated.   The ...
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Retiree Update: Dennis Fred

Posted on Mar 14, 2014 in Retiree Update

Dennis Fred, who served both in the 154th Wing and the 201st Combat Communications Group recently signed up to “Follow the Blog”.  Retiree News asked for a personal update and ...
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Sentry Aloha

Posted on Mar 11, 2014 in 2010's, History

Armed Forces News report on the beginning of the first 2014 Sentry Aloha exercise in Hawaii.  http://t.co/M75FxPj7a7

From the Adjutant General’s Facebook page. Colonel Keith Y. Tamashiro, Assistant Adjutant General and Director of the Joint Staff for the Hawaii National Guard, became Brigadier General Tamashiro yesterday at ...
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