Month: August 2017

During the August UTA weekend, Brig Gen Ryan Okuhara presented Brig Gen Stanley Osserman, Retired, his Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. Although Osserman retired in 2014, his medal nomination package became victim to personnel system. Through the hard work of…

Retiree News sent this photograph to Richard Hasting to confirm individuals and other information. The photograph shows (L-R) Les Obrien, Gerald Sada, Lawrence Cabrinha, Richard Hastings and Tai Hong. Les Obrien was a Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) and one of…

Clarion "Clarence" "Larry" Bidal, 82, of Pahoa, died August 1, 2017 in Hilo. Born in Opihikao, he was a retired Captain from the Hilo Airport Crash, Fire and Rescue, veteran of U.S. Marine Corps and Hawaii Army National Guard and…

The Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) has just been notified by the Department of Defense about upcoming unit deployments to the Central and European Command’s areas of operation starting in the spring of 2018. A total of six units and…

A Celebration of Life for Johana “Jojo” Correa will be on Friday August 11, Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Jojo was the wife of Edward “Butch” Correa, the former Adjutant General. Viewing 8:00 am, services 10:30, Mass 11:30 with the burial 2:00…

Jay Kenji Higa, 57, of Kaneohe, retired Hawaii Army National Guard Electronics Supervisor at Wheeler AAF and First Sergeant, Company C 1/207th Aviation Regiment in Hilo; passed away on June 27, 2017 at Hospice Hawaii Kailua Home. Survived by wife,…

Thanks to Robert Inouye for submitting these photographs and these comments. Old timers might remember the old 2-299th Infantry Battalion S-4 Shop in Keaukaha Military Reservation (KMR) in Hilo. After the construction of the Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) in…

In the photograph (L-R) are John "Saigon" Lee, Kenneth Young, Wallace Asato, and George Oshiro. The photograph was taken after Colonel Lee presented his front office staff with Air Force Commendation Medals. Presentation of decoration were not part of the…

The photograph above shows the 154th Wing’s flightline around 1963/64. In the foreground is the old civil engineering building. The flightline building had not be built, and surrounding the tarmac, barely seen, is the earthen berm. On December 1, 1960,…