December 2016

As 2016 ends, Retiree News would like to thank all of you for your continuing support of this website. There were 1100+ posts that received over 140,000 hits. Much of these hits were from the United States, but we did...

Fushio Tomatani, 89, of Honolulu, a retired electrician at Dole Cannery, passed away on November 6, 2016 at home. He was raised in Kaka'ako and graduated from McKinley High School. He served in the Army and the National Guard. He is...

On Dec. 7, 1941, Weatherwax was an Army draftee with the 298th Infantry Regiment on a weekend pass when he heard explosions and a radio call for all military personnel to report to their stations. It is with a saddened...

Roy Cornella joined the Hawai‘i Air National Guard in November 1978 after serving six years on active duty. He was assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron as a F-4C Phantom Weapons System Officer (WSO). He closed his flying phase of...

Team 808 is a group of Hawai‘i Army and Air National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. Left to right: Raquel Ramos, MSgt Thu Dahl, SFC Linda Hesch, Lt Col...

Vincente “Vince” Duran, 82 of Waipahu, Hawaii, passed away at home on November 20, 2016. He was born in Kealia, Kauai, Hawaii. He retired as a Sergeant Major after 44 years of service with the Hawaii Army National Guard; He...

Eric Michio Kuniyoshi, 67, of Honolulu, a retired Hawaii Air National Guard master sergeant and human resource specialist for the State of Hawaii, and a consultant for Premier Benefit Consultants, passed away on November 13, 2016 at the Queen's Medical...

Eric Michio Kuniyoshi, 67, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died in Honolulu on Sunday, November 13, 2016. He was born in Honolulu. Visitation: 5:00p.m.; Services: 6:00p.m. on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Eric Kuniyoshi was a former 297th and...

The First Muster Salem, Massachusetts, 1636. The history of the National Guard began on December 13, 1636, when the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ordered the organization of the Colony's militia companies into three regiments: The North, South...

From a Department of Defense press release Ft. Ruger, Hawaii - Memorial services have been set for a Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) Airman who went missing at Tarague Beach, Guam, last month.   Master Sgt. Greg Ramos from the...