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Who: COL (R) Lawrence Siu What: Service and Full Honors When: Monday, 18 August 2025 0900-1000 Public Visitation and Welcoming of Guests 1000-1040 Service 1040-1100 Funeral Honors 1100-1230 Reception Where: Hawaiian Memorial Park, 45-425 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744 Why:...

Photo curtsey of MSgt (ret) Darrell Bactad Early practice days for the Hawaii Air National Guard Honor Guard Volunteer Team created in April 1999 by TSgt Thomas Chock, 154 LRS SSgt Wasada (LRS),  SSgt Bactad (LRS), TSgt Samson (293 CBCS),...

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Who: SFC(Ret) Aaron R. Pollick What: Military Honors and Internment When: Monday, 11 August 2025 at 1300 hrs Where: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery 45-349 Kamehameha Highway Kaneohe, HI 96744   Mailing of Condolences: Danielle Pollick (Daughter) 91-1033 Kaipalaoa Street #1401 Ewa...

One Team, One Ohana This week I found myself reflecting on this this quote: “Individually we are one drop, but together we’re an ocean”. This saying is often attributed to Ryunosuke Satoro, a Japanese writer known for his thoughts on...

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Honoring VA’s 95th Birthday This week, we recognize an important milestone in our history. On July 21, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order that created what we now know as the Department of Veterans Affairs. For 95 years, VA...

Ralph M. Yamada, 75, of Mililani, passed away in Mililani on March 14, 2025.  He was a computer science teacher at Kalihi Kai Elementary School. He later served as the Technology coordinator for Wahiawā Middle School before his retirement from the Department...

Starting July 25, 2025, Tripler Army Medical Center patients and staff will experience changes to how they enter the hospital grounds due to construction aimed at improving traffic flow. To reduce congestion, we will be temporarily using two different entry...