July 2014

Steve Berg, a retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who served with the then 169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, provide these photographs to Retiree News. Special thanks to Steve for sharing these photographs The panoramic photo of the crowd...

Brigadier General Joseph Kim hosted the retirement ceremony for Brigadier General Stanley “Ossum” Osserman on July 13, 2014. The ceremony was in the new fighter operations compound at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. To view the program BG Osserman Program  Among the 500+...

Henry Hasuiki emailed this photograph he received from a retired member of the 162d Fighter Wing, Arizona Air National Guard. It shows John “Saigon” Lee at some kind of training, as Henry describes as “many moons ago.” The 199th Fighter...

Harold Tavares Ferreira, 83, of Hilo, a retired state Department of Transportation Highways Division highway inspector and a retired Hawaii Army National Guard sergeant, passed away on July 10, 2014. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by son Mark,...

Brian R. Koga, 62, of Honolulu, a clerk and driver and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away on June 21, 2014. He was born in Kāne‘ohe. He is survived by wife JoAnn D.; son Brydon K.; mother Mary; brothers...

Joseph Kaaina “Sonny” Keohokapu Jr., 88, of Waimānalo, a retired truck driver for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, and a veteran of the Army and Army National Guard, passed away on June 29, 2014. He was born in Kaauhuhu, Hawai‘i. He...

Emeterio Alcariza “Terry” Centeno Jr., 79, of Las Vegas, a retired employee of Chevron USA Hawaiian Refinery and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree, passed away on June 14, 2014. He was born in Puunene,...

Ricky Rikio Miyashiro, 61, of Honolulu, a retired Army National Guard sergeant and owner of Ricky’s Repair & Service Co., passed away on June 24, 2014. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by mother Sally Y., brother Steven...

Brian Choy was a member of the 229th Medical Company (Company B, 29th Support Battalion now the Company C) in the 1970. The company was located at the Honolulu Police Department site near Diamond Head Memorial Park. He was a...

Earlier this year, COL Suzanne Vares-Lum, announced that the Secretary of the Army approved the new instructor badges designed by MSG Dana Mueller. He is a staff member at the HQ 298th Regiment, Multifunctional Training Unit, Regional Training Institute. The...