Month: September 2020

George Yoshio Chatani, 89, passed away in Honolulu on August 17, 2020. He was born on April 25, 1931 in Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii. The Chatani family later moved to Lahaina, Maui where George attended Kamehameha III School for 8 years…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows George Duncan and an unidentified mechanic pointing to the 199th Fighter Interceptor Squadron patch. It is painted on the engine cowling of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. We estimated the date as…

Retiree News photograph This photograph shows Joseph Chaves and Theodore "Ted" Daligdig III, two long time Hawai‘i Army National Guard leaders. General Chaves was the Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Pacific. Retired Colonel Daligdig was a State Department of Defense employee. They were attending…

Off the Hawaii Army National Guard Retention Facebook page Here’s a quick recap from Friday’s change of command ceremony for Hawaii’s Own Recruiting and Retention Battalion. Big Mahalo to LTC Michael Rosner for everything you’ve done for RRB as our…

Personal photograph used with permission Thanks to retiree Gary Momohara emailed this photograph to Retiree News. Gary said it was a Comptroller Section party in 2004. In the photograph are (L-R): Bryan Yonemoto, Nani Mahaulu, Ben Murata, Colosse Eliapo, and Carol Orr. The hard-working Comptroller section did…

Hawaii National Guard photograph Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page On September 3, 2020, the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard supported the mass testing in the Tetsuo Hirano tunnels on H-3. Hawaii National Guard members assigned…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Governor David Y. Ige, State of Hawaii Governor, greets members of the Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron upon their return from a Hurricane Harvey relief mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper recently visited the 154th Wing. The Secretary was in Hawaii to speak at the 75th Anniversary of the End of World…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows members of the Survival Equipment shop. In the photograph are (L-R): Keith Iwamasa, Peter Kwock (kneeling) Fred Takara, Robert Yokono, unknown, Pedro Bega and Jason Caires. They are packing F-4 Phantom drogue chutes in the aluminum cans in front of…

John Grady Staszkow, 88, of Honolulu, passed away on August 24, 2020. A lighthearted good man, strong Catholic & loyal St. Louis Alumni. Retired from the airlines he worked for Aloha & Canadian Pacific for many years. He was also…