Month: October 2021

Belated Congratulations to Dr. Brett “Doogie” Wyrick, who was promoted to major general in June. Doogie now serves as the Air National Guard Assistant to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force, Pentagon. He served about half of his 30-year career…

Retiree News photograph The Hawaii Army National Guard annually honors members of the 29th Infantry Brigade who died during the 1968 Vietnam callup. The ceremony began at the brigade headquarters on 22nd Avenue and moved to Kalaeloa after the facilities…

When ‘excellence’ is the norm in our `Ohana, you can bet that the top performers within our organization have truly accomplished some amazing things in their careers. The results are in from the recently held HIANG Quarterly Award board, and…

From the Honolulu Star Advertiser website Photograph from this Star Advertiser article 1st Lt. Collin Chow Hoy, from the 204th Airlift Squadron, joined active-duty partners as part of a national effort to evacuate at-risk personnel in Afghanistan. Honolulu Star Advertiser…

Retiree News photograph This photograph is from Stanley "Ossum" Osserman's brigadier general promotion ceremony. The ceremony took place on October 20, 2008 at the Governor's Ceremonial Room at the Hawaii State Capitol. In the photograph (L-R) are: Jospeh Kim, Dennis…

Retiree News – the website version – began on Friday, January 22, 2013. The first post came after watching three YouTube videos. The initial plan was a “two or three year run”. The website began very simply, with more features added as…

From the DVIDS website A Hawaii Air National Guard fighter squadron was recently recognized as one of the Air National Guard’s most outstanding flying units after receiving the Winston P. Wilson Trophy for the year of 2021. The 199th Fighter…