July 2015

Update: 201st Combat Communications Group inactivation ceremony In early 2013, the National Guard Bureau verbally notified the Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) that they were inactivating the Headquarters, 201st Combat Communications Group. The effective date of the inactivation would be...

Taken from a State Department of Defense press release Honolulu, Hawaii- More than 80 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) from four different units, have returned home from deployments.  Approximately  40 members of the  292nd Combat Communications Squadron,...

The 201st Combat Communications Group published a monthly unit newletter - Communicator - for almost its entire 46 year existence. Read the July 1995 issue of the Communicator 95.07.01 CommunicatorDownload

John Leialoha Ahia, 55, of Waipahu, a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away on July 3, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Clara “Tee”; daughters Jenna “Kawehi” Kekauoha, Krystal Anne “Hina” Delgado, Jessie “Bebeh”...

Joseph Mattos, 85, of Hawi, Hawaii, a project coordinator at Lapakahi State Historical Park, a Castle & Cooke supervisor at Kohala Sugar Plantation and Hawaii National Guard veteran, passed away in North Hawaii Community Hospital on July 13, 2015. He was...

Fifteen years ago, Barry Castellano passed away on July 22, 2000. He was 44. He suffered a medical condition at his home in Whitmore Village, taken to Wahiawā Hospital, where he passed later that night. At the time, Barry was the...

My Back Pages: 1985 - 30 years ago, published last week was a photograph with then Lieutenant Gary Littlefield with two unidentified solders. Retiree News asked if anyone could identify the other two soldiers in the photograph. Naomi Enriquez-Soraoka emailed...

Phillip Komoali’i Losalio Sr., 78, of Kealia, Hawaii, a retired bellman for Royal Kona Resort and Kona Hilton Hotel, a McCandless ranch hand and cowboy, and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away in Kona Community Hospital on June 16,...

Retiring soon is MAJ Manny Carlos.  He starts his terminal leave at the end of the month. There was a small retirement luncheon (at his request) at the Willows Restaurant last Friday. In attendance were his family, his co-workers and...

Contributing Editor Stephen Lum submitted this old photograph for posting. This photograph is from 1985 and show a very young 2LT Gary Littlefield. If you know the names of the other soldiers in the photograph, email Retiree News so we...