May 2016

Renfred Ho, of Makawao, Maui, a service representative for a Maui retail car sales firm and a Hawaii National Guard veteran, passed away in Wailuku on April 26, 2016. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Dale, sons...

UH Magazine is published quarterly the University of Hawaii Alumni Association. In the Spring issue, Dave Choo wrote an article about Maj Kai Kahele and Maj BJ Itoman. Major Kai Kahele and Major BJ Itoman fly the C-17 Globemaster III...

William Yen Chow “Bill” Yim, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaii National Guard master sergeant, passed away in the Queen’s Medical Center on May 4, 2016. He was born in Guangdong, China. He is survived by wife Hui Ling Chen, son...

Alfred Hanuala “Freddy” Rabara Sr., 87, of Kailua-Kona, a retired Hawaii Police Department sergeant, West Hawaii coordinator under Mayor Herbert Matayoshi, and a National Guard veteran, passed away in Nakamaru Hale, Hospice of Kona on May 14, 2016. He was born...

Special thanks to Stephen Lum who shared this photo of then Captain Joseph Chaves.  We think it taken in the 1980s at one of the Exercise Team Spirit in Korea.

The 200 Club presented awards for outstanding Honolulu Police Department employees at the Waialae Country Club yesterday. The 200 Club is an organization comprised of 200 businesses and community leaders who support the HPD and the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD), especially...

Congratulations to David Lopina, who recently pinned on his eagles. His pinning ceremony was in his home state of Ohio.  BG Bruce Oliveira presided over the ceremony. Dave currently serves a JAG with the State Department of Defense. He is...

The following is Brig Gen Braden “Mongo” Sakai's Commander's Column from the May 2016 Kūkā‘ilimoku.  The entire issue will post tomorrow morning. As the famous quote goes, ‘Flexibility is the Key to Air Power’. A lot has happened in the last week or so....

Has it been 10 years since the Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s first C-17 Globemaster III arrived at Hickam Field? A Retiree News follower sent in this link to the McChord Air Museum feature on Hawai‘i’s C-17 Serial No 05-5146. Great...

Xavier “Buda” Ishihara Sr., 77, of Pearl City, an Army and Air Force Exchange Service retiree and a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 7, 2016. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Margaret “Mike”;...