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Check Six – 1980s: Keith Kunichika

June 18, 2018

Keith Kunichika was commissioned in the Hawaii Air National Guard in 1977. Keith served in the then 154th Composite Group in the maintenance complex and later as the budget officer and controller. An AGR, he retired in 2003. He then entered…

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Taps: Peter P.K. Kawanana Kali, Jr.

June 18, 2018

MSgt Peter P.K. Kawanana Kali, Jr. A much-loved individual, 47, of Aiea, Hawaii, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on April 13, 2018 at his home surrounded by family and friends. P.K. was born on January 03, 1971 in…

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Taps: William “Abby” Aberilla – Update

June 18, 2018

William "Abby" Aberilla, 76, of Kaneohe, died in Honolulu on May 9, 2018. He was born in Honolulu. Visitation: 9 am; Services: 10:30 am on Friday, June 22 at Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary. Burial: 1 pm at Hawai‘i State Veterans…

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Check Six: E Troop, 19th Cavalry

June 15, 2018

The following was copied from the Wikipedia for history: Troopers from the HARNG’s Troop E 19th Cavalry: John Tripoli, Roland Gambol, Paul Mauricio, and George Cristobal The 19th Cavalry was constituted on 24 October 1967 in the Hawaii Army National Guard as…

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Check Six: 29th Support Battalion Deployed – 13 years ago

June 12, 2018

From the Honolulu Star Bulletin archive website Members of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Support Battalion show off ukuleles and songbooks they received from Anita Coyoli-Cullen and Shirley Orlando of California. The soldiers shown above are: first row from…

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Check Six: Makani Pahili Exercises

June 11, 2018

In the undated photograph, shows three members of the 201st Combat Communications Group (201 CCG). Lt Col Blaine Izuka, SSgt Patrick Bailon and Capt Michael Doolin review situation reports during a Makani Pahili  exercise. Blaine retired after serving the Director of Operations, 201…

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Check Six: China Earthquake Relief Mission – 10 years ago

June 6, 2018

From the June 15, 2009 Retiree News e-newsletter. Military ranks are as of the original 2009 article. The 204th Airlift Squadron received a lot of favorable press recently as a Hawaii-based C-17 Globemaster III with a Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) crew…

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