December 2015

Donald Howard “Buddy” Brandt, 88, of Hilo, a retired Hilo Coast Processing Co. finance comptroller; employee at Wailuku Sugar Co., Olokele Sugar Co., Hilo Sugar Co. and Hawaii Electric Light Co.; and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away...

Antone “Tony” Enriquez, 75, of Pahoa, Hawaii, a retired Isemoto Contracting Co. concrete mason and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away on December 13, 2015. He was born in Olaa, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Winifred “Winnie”...

Off Governor Ige’s Facebook page. On December 15, I had the honor of participating in a rare double-pinning ceremony for the Hawaii Army National Guard - including pinning of the first woman of native Hawaiian ancestry to become a general in the...

Owen K. Uehara, 56, of Waimanalo, an Air Force veteran and Hawaii Air National Guard retiree, passed away in St. Francis Hospice on December 17, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Susan, daughter Erin, son Evan,...

YOSHIAKI DAIKOKU YOSHIAKI "Yoshi" Daikoku 80, passed away peacefully December 05, 2015. Born December 13, 1934 in Ko'olaupoko, Kailua (Oahu). U.S. Air Force Veteran, COMSAT Communication Satellite Corporation/Lockheed Martin Retiree. He is survived by his wife, Naomi Morton Daikoku; son...

Russel Leroy Fleming Jr., 72, of Hawaiian Acres, Hawaii, an Army, Navy and Hawaii Air National Guard retiree, passed away on December 2, 2015. He was born in Dayton, Ohio. He is survived by wife Phyllis M.; son Benjamin S.;...

Colonel Gerald Silva retired from the Hawaii Army National Guard in 1994.  He served in many positions in his long career with his last assignment being the Chief of Staff of the Army Guard. For the next 10 years, he...

Senator Brian Schatz issued a press release announcing that defense spending in Hawaii would increase by more than $200 million. Included in this appropriation is $44 million for an F-22 fighter alert facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Hawaii Air...

Lon Paresa with the Adjutant General Arthur "Joe" Logan, taken on the day of the general's Senate confirmation floor vote. Retiree News photo. Leonard “Lon” Paresa, Jr. retired from the Hawaii Army National Guard as a colonel. During his career,...

Contributing editor Stephen Lum provided this article and the photographs for this Retiree News post. Wahiawa Armory named after first 487th Field Artillery commander click on photographs to enlarge The Hawai‘i Army National Guard’s Wahiawa Armory, originally built in 1958, was named...