Year: 2016

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”;…

Retiree News is sad to report that Aurora Lee passed away on Sunday morning at the Veterans Affairs Continuing Living Center at Tripler Army Medical Center.  Caz Ross emailed this information into Retiree News. Aurora performing at a Open House Aurora…

Retiree sightings Ran into Jason Nunugawa at Ala Moana Center. He retired militarily from the 154th Medical Group several years ago. He worked as a technician in the Medical Group for a few years before moving to position with the City…

Raymond Jardine Jr., chairman and CEO of Native Hawaiian Veterans and Hawaii's Small Business Person of the Year, was named second runner-up for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s national Small Business Person of the Year award. Jardine was named the winner for Hawaii in March this…

Don “Rock” Arakaki retired after a long career with the Hawai‘i Army National Guard in the mid-1990s. He served in many command and staff positions during his career. After his Guard retirement, Rock went on to serve as the senior…

Anthony Pacheco Benevides, 93, of Hilo, a retired mechanic for the former Hilo Coast Processing Co. and Mauna Kea Sugar Co., and a veteran in the Army and Hawaii Army National Guard, passed away in the Hospice of Hilo Pohai Malama…