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Sentry Aloha 2015-2

Posted on Mar 31, 2015 in 2010's, History

The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) hosted its second large-scale “Sentry Aloha” fighter exercise in 2015, which ended last week. For this exercise, F-15 Eagles from Oregon and Florida participated. The ...
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Taps: Colosse Eliapo

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 in Taps

Retiree News has received the sad news that Colosse Eliapo, Jr. passed away earlier today.  He retired from the Hawaii Air National Guard after serving many years in the Comptroller ...
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MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii – From written exams to moving under fire, Soldiers competed to earn the title of Soldier of the Year and NCO of the Year ...
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Carswell “Caz” Ross sent in the following update on Karl Kaneshiro. I know that Retiree News likes sharing information concerning our former National Guard members. Chief Master Sergeant Karl Kaneshiro retired ...
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Update: TAG/DAG Confirmation

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 in 2010's, History

The Hawaii State Senate will hold the confirmation floor vote for Brigadier General Arthur Logan as the Adjutant General and Colonel Kenneth Hara as the Deputy Adjutant General on Thursday, ...
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Hawaii DOD photo by MSG-R Stephen Lum Brig. Gen. Bruce Oliveira, Hawaii Army National Guard commander, Brig. Gen. Ryan Okahara, Hawaii Air National Guard commander, and other organizations’ representatives join ...
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Taps: John Kakazu

Posted on Mar 26, 2015 in Taps

John Kakazu, 57, of ‘Ewa Beach, a commercial and fleet executive for Tony Nissan and a retired Army National Guard captain, passed away in Kaiser Medical Center on March 7, 2015. He ...
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Taps: Sheldon Paul Haleck

Posted on Mar 25, 2015 in Taps

Sheldon Paul Haleck, 38, of Kapolei, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard veteran, will be remembered in services at noon Monday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 219 Lunalilo Home ...
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Taps: Clayton Torikawa

Posted on Mar 25, 2015 in Taps

Clayton Chikato Torikawa Age 62, of Honolulu died February 11, 2015 at Queen’s Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu and was a retired U.S. Navy Public Work Center carpenter and ...
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Taps: Daniel “Danny” Tengan

Posted on Mar 23, 2015 in Taps

Daniel Mitsuo “Danny” Tengan, 65, of Kāne‘ohe, an Air National Guard veteran and a Handi-Van driver, passed away in Castle Medical Center on February 25, 2015. He was born in Līhu‘e. Services: 1 p.m. ...
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