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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 ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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Taps: Harold Tavares Ferreira

Posted on Jul 17, 2014 in Taps

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 ...
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Brian Koga services

Posted on Jul 16, 2014 in Taps

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 ...
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Taps: Joseph “Sonny” Keohokapu Jr

Posted on Jul 15, 2014 in Taps

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 ...
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Taps: Emeterio “Terry” Centeno Jr.

Posted on Jul 15, 2014 in Taps

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 ...
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Taps: Ricky Rikio Miyashiro

Posted on Jul 15, 2014 in Taps

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 ...
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Retiree Update: Brian Choy

Posted on Jul 14, 2014 in Retiree Update

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 ...
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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 ...
Read More HIARNG Soldier Designs New Instructor Badges