September 2014

By Jennifer Schneider, AFCEC Public Affairs / Published September 30, 2014 JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -- The Air Force has announced the winners of the 2014 Air Force Design Awards. Seven projects were recognized for achieving excellence in...

Retiree News received a graduation notice from Janine Obando (née Calamaan). She graduated with her Master of Business Administration degree this past weekend. Janine started out in the 201st Combat Communications Group many years ago. Janine left with her active duty...

The State Department of Defense held its annual Retirement and Awards Breakfast on Friday, September 26, 2014 at the Hale Koa Hotel. Following the buffet breakfast was the recognition of the recent department retirees, state awardees, and Federal 30 &...

Bernard B.C. Kim, of Wahiawā, passed away September 10, 2014 in Wahiawā. Born February 24, 1931 in Honolulu. An active choir member & parishioner of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Wahiawā. A retired Master Sergeant from the Hawai‘i Air...

Ronald Shigeo “Ron” Matsumoto, 62, of Aiea, a ship superintendent for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Activity Pacific at Pearl Harbor and a Hawaii Air National Guard retiree, passed way at the Queen’s Medical Center on August 10, 2014. He was...

James Alexander "Spike" Dykes, 80, of Vancouver, Washington, passed away on the sixteenth of July, 2014. He was born in Hilo, Hawai‘i on October 16,1933 to John and Jenny Dykes of Scotland. He is survived by his wife, Maria Louise...

Stacy Tony Laa, 58, of Waianae, an Army National Guard member, passed away on Auust 20, 2014. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Karen K.; sons Stacey S. and Sterling K.; daughters Stacynn M., Stasha M. and...

Remembering Dennis Dalen, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who died 22 years ago today during the Hurricane Iniki recovery mission. He was 46 and died during the storm cleanup on Kauai’s North Shore when the truck he was driving...

Photographs from Brig Gen Ryan Okahara‘s pinning ceremony are posted on the Adjutant General’s Facebook page.  Go to http://fb.me/4hTWK2Wr2  Photographs by Andrew Jackson More photographs by Tyler Kruse of the Governor's staff http://ow.ly/BjcEc     

A recent Retiree News post was a short story on the first 199th Fighter Squadron patch designed by 1st Lt Wade McVey - http://wp.me/p3639O-1P1 Shortly after the posting, Retiree News received an email from his son, Kurt McVey expanding his...