2017

Senior Leaders changes: The following is a short summary of Hawaii National Guard senior leader changes coming in the next few months. Today, COL Mark Young will become the commander of the 298th Multi-Functional Training Unit.  He relieves COL Stuart...

This photograph shows Delos Chow and his wife Judy, with Walter Nishihara in the middle. In the early 1970s, the then 201st Mobile Communications Squadron hosted an annual luau. These luau were fun events for a young squadron that started...

Kimo served in the Maintenance Control section for many years. After retirement, he worked for the State of Hawaii and he recently retired. Related: Check Six: Maintenance Control in the 70s/80s

Bob Finely and Tom Ingargiola, December 2016 Thomas Ingargiola served as the ANG Assistance to the Commander, Pacific Communications Division (now the J6). He was New York Air National Guardmember on a four-year statutory tour. Tom worked closely with the...

Staff Sgt. Mark Peleholani, a propulsion technician in the 199th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, inspects an aircraft engine. This 1991 photograph was recently found during an internet search. The accompanying caption states that Mark is a member...

Retiree News sadly reports the passing of Brig. Gen. Haruo Shigezawa. Stephen Lum sent the following information about the general: Maui-born Brig. Gen. Haruo Shigezawa, last assignment was at the deputy commander of the State Area Command, Hawaii Army National...

A follow on to yesterday's post about Rex Jones. Joining Rex and Tracey on their European trip was retired Chief Master Sergeant Denise Jelinski-Hall and her husband, Gary Hall. Denise Jelinski-Hall served as the Senior Enlisted Leader for MG Robert...

Rex Earl Jones III served in the Department’s Human Resources Office for several years as the State Equal Employment Manager (SEEM). He moved to another Federal position in Colorado in October 2009. Rex and his wife Tracey are living back...

Donald Wo Kan Ching, 88, of Aiea, a retired Machinist Foreman for Hawaiian Electric passed away on May 31, 2017. Donald was born on September 25, 1928 on Maui in Happy Valley, Wailuku. He graduated from McKinley High School in...

Retiree News recently ran into Kenneth Takushi. Ken served on the 154th Wing support staff for many years. A Traditional Guardmember, he retired in the 1990s. Ken said he retired from the United Postal Service a few years ago. Great...