2015

Nobuo Takeno, 75, of Kaneohe, passed away on January 10, 2015. Born in Osaka, Japan, retired Hawaii Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force. Member of Tamagusuku Club, Gajimaru Kai, Okinawan Genealogical Society, Ukwanshin Kabudan, and HUOA. He is survived...

Francisco James Tabar, 88, of Waimānalo, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard and Army veteran, passed away on March 17, 2015. He was born in Waimānalo. He is survived by sons Francis, Charles, Steven and Wyland; daughters Francine Tabar, Doreen T. Teixeira and Maryrose...

The Hawaii State Senate held the confirmation floor vote for Brigadier General Arthur “Joe” Logan as the Adjutant General and Colonel Kenneth Hara as the Deputy Adjutant General this afternoon. All state senators present and the vote on their confirmations...

The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the April 1995 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Ranks and unit designations are as they were in 1995.  The April column recognized two newly promoted colonels...

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 Arizona Air National Guard (ANG) sent F-16 Falcons, A-10 Warthogs,...

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 Office. Retiree News will post information about services when available

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 during the 2015 Hawaii Army National Guard and Reserve Best...

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 as the Air National Guard Human Resource Advisor in 2010, after...

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, April 2, 2015. The vote will take place in the...

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 City and County of Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Councilmembers...