Year: 2016

Shigeyasu “Shige” Kinoshita, 79, of Kapolei, a Hawaii Army National Guard veteran, died on July 7, 2016. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Shirley Y.; son David K.; daughter Jennifer L.; brothers Takao, Yukio, Akira, Richard…

Roy Isamu Aoki, 82, of Honolulu, an Army veteran and a retired Department of Defense property and fiscal logistics officer, died in Hale Malamalama on June 28, 2016. He was born in Kukaiau, Hawaii. He is survived by wife Helen…

Off @CivilBeat Twitter feed The family of the late Mark Takai on Tuesday announced two ceremonies for the congressman to honor “the beloved servant leader.” On August 18, he will lie in state at the Hawaii State Capitol Rotunda: 10:00…

Howard Mitsuto Inoue, 85, of Kāne‘ohe, a retired chief warrant officer and supervisory contract specialist for the Hawai‘i Army National Guard as well as an Army veteran who served in the Korean War, died on July 14, 2016. He was…

John Andrew “Pops” Farley Sr., 92, of Kaneohe, a retired Army National Guard first sergeant, died on June 29, 2016. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Lori Ann N. Farley Tanuvasa, sister Charlotte Rodenhurst, six grandchildren,…

James Benjamin Respicio, a.k.a. Jim, Jimmy, Jack, Uncle D, age 79, of Makakilo, Hawaii, passed away May 16, 2016 in San Diego, California. Born March 4, 1937 in Ewa, HI. Graduated from Waipahu High School, Class of 1955. Retired from the…

Dennis Vigue retired from the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2007.  He has been working with the Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since November 2009.  He started there as vocational training through the Veterans program at Tripler…

Team 808 is a group of Hawaii Army and Air National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. CMSgt Raquel Ramos, retired and now a contractor at the Air National Guard Readiness…

United States Representative K. Mark Takai passed away this morning.  Takai represented Hawaii’s 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th Congress. In Congress Takai served as the Ranking Member of the Committee on Small Business’s Subcommittee on…

BG Keith Tamashiro, Commander of the Hawai‘i Army National Guard, hosted a ceremony honoring three long serving judge advocate general (JAG) officers. General Tamashiro presented the recently retired JAGs Winston Ling and Gerald Takase with Legion of Merit medals for their exceptional…