Month: August 2018

L-R: Christine Tanuvasa, Contract Administrator; Kristy Carpio, support staff; Stanley Osserman, HCATT Director; Rachel James, HCATT Project Manager; David Molinaro, Project Manager Early this year, the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) named the Hawaii Center for Advanced…

WILLIAMTOWN, AUSTRALIA -- Father, Tech. Sgt. Marconi Cabatbat Sr., 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron and son, 1st Lt. Marconi Cabatbat Jr., 199th Fighter Squadron, deploy together for the first time during Sentry Down Under 2008 held September 3 - 22 in Williamtown,…

The 201st Combat Communications Group deployed to the annual Team Spirit exercises in Korea. The 201 CCG units augmented the existing communications system and setup communications on exercise bare bases. This photograph shows (L-R) Toshi Nagai, the then-297th Air Traffic…

From left: Howard Sugai, ESGR public affairs director, Rob DeMello, KHON2 sports director, Cpl. Aven Santiago, 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Hawaii Army National Guard, Kristina Lockwood, KHON2 general manager. Employer support to Hawaii National Guardsmen is a key part…

George Kaneshiro periodically provides feedback to some Retiree News posts. He sent in feedback on these earlier Retiree News posts. Check Six: Eagle Ice Co. – 30 years ago He identified the “unknown” in the photograph is Russel Miyamoto from the avionics back shop;…

From the ESGR Hawaii website L-R: Robert G.F. Lee, Terry Arimoto, Sheldon Fujiwara HONOLULU – Terry Amimoto from Department of Veterans Affairs was presented with a Patriot Award July 25, by Robert Lee, state chair for Hawaii Employer Support of the…

Benjamin Saguibo passed away in his sleep on June 24, 2018 at his home in Haleiwa, Hawaii. He was born in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines on February 12, 1936. He is married to wife Eleanor Saguibo. Ben is a retiree…

click on the photograph to enlarge This 2007 aerial photograph show the Hawaii Army National Guard facility in Waiawa. This location is the home of the 103d Troop Command, the 111th Army Band, and several other units.

The photograph above shows the 22nd Avenue facility just before it's official opening in the early 1960s. It was the home of many Hawaii Army National Guard units including the 29th Infantry Brigade. After the migration of HIARNG units to…

click on photograph to enlarge This photograph show four old friends from fighter maintenance. Left to right are Clifford Ono, Kyle Kamikawa, Franklin Ho, and Raymond Sato. Asked about the date of the photograph, Cliff Ono said, "It would have…