• F-22 Red Flag Deployment

    F-22 Red Flag Deployment

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawai‘i — A total force team comprised of F-22 Raptors, active duty and Hawai‘i Air National Guard personnel successfully completed the Hawaiian Raptors first over-water deployment when they […]

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  • MG Gary Hara Pinning Ceremony

    MG Gary Hara Pinning Ceremony

    Congratulations to Major General Gary Hara on his promotion. Governor Neil Abercrombie hosted his pinning ceremony at the State Capital. Photos from the Adjutant General’s Facebook page:  fb.me/1MRcvUTu8. Photos by TSgt […]

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  • The 100th Registered Reader

    The 100th Registered Reader

    The 100th reader just registered on the Retiree News site. To each of the first hundred who registered – Mahalo for your confidence and support. Please help spread the word […]

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  • Retiree Update: Bob DeCoster

    Retiree Update: Bob DeCoster

    Robert DeCoster, a former member of the 154th Security Forces Squadron, has retired from the 110th Fighter Wing (Michigan ANG) after serving 32 years in the Air National Guard. Bob […]

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  • Sen Hirono adds retired Air Force officers to her staff

    Sen Hirono adds retired Air Force officers to her staff

    Hirono taps two retired Air Force officers for her defense and military team U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawai‘i, has tapped Walter Kaneakua and Nick Ikeda, former aides to Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel […]

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  • Taps: Ernest Napua Kalehua “Pops” Kai Sr.,

    Taps: Ernest Napua Kalehua “Pops” Kai Sr.,

    Ernest Napua Kalehua “Pops” Kai Sr., 79, of Hilo, a Hawai‘i Army National Guard retiree and a Marine Corps veteran who served in the Korean War, passed away in Hilo Medical […]

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  • Taps: Coling Jacob “Reuben” Mandaquit

    Taps: Coling Jacob “Reuben” Mandaquit

    CSM Coling Jacob “Reuben” Mandaquit, 76, of Kailua-Kona, a houseman at Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows and the former Kona Lagoon Hotel, bellman at King Kamehameha Hotel and a […]

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    this is the first post

    Retiree News began as an electronic newsletter and has evolved to this blog. Definitely more to come….

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May

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1st
Guitar classes offered at the Daniel K. Akaka clinic from 10am to 12pm on Thursdays.
2nd
Veteran photography class on Fridays from 9am to 11am at the Daniel K. Akaka VA Clinic in Kapolei. All Veterans are welcome to attend. If you are interested in joining, please contact Recreation Therapist Micah Monzon at Micah.Monzon@va.gov. 
4th
2025 Warrant Officer Candidate School Class 25-001 Commissioning Ceremony
7th
Art classes offered at the Daniel K. Akaka clinic every first and third Wednesday from 9am to 12pm
8th
Guitar classes offered at the Daniel K. Akaka clinic from 10am to 12pm on Thursdays.
9th
Veteran photography class on Fridays from 9am to 11am at the Daniel K. Akaka VA Clinic in Kapolei. All Veterans are welcome to attend. If you are interested in joining, please contact Recreation Therapist Micah Monzon at Micah.Monzon@va.gov. 
14th
Guitar classes offered at the Daniel K. Akaka clinic from 10am to 12pm on Thursdays.
15th
Veteran photography class on Fridays from 9am to 11am at the Daniel K. Akaka VA Clinic in Kapolei. All Veterans are welcome to attend. If you are interested in joining, please contact Recreation Therapist Micah Monzon at
Micah.Monzon@va.gov. 
21st
Art classes offered at the Daniel K. Akaka clinic every first and third Wednesday from 9am to 12pm
22nd
Guitar classes offered at the Daniel K. Akaka clinic from 10am to 12pm on Thursdays.
23rd
Veteran photography class on Fridays from 9am to 11am at the Daniel K. Akaka VA Clinic in Kapolei. All Veterans are welcome to attend. If you are interested in joining, please contact Recreation Therapist Micah Monzon at
Micah.Monzon@va.gov. 
29nd
Guitar classes offered at the Daniel K. Akaka clinic from 10am to 12pm on Thursdays.
30th
Veteran photography class on Fridays from 9am to 11am at the Daniel K. Akaka VA Clinic in Kapolei. All Veterans are welcome to attend. If you are interested in joining, please contact Recreation Therapist Micah Monzon at
Micah.Monzon@va.gov.

2025 1SG Burl Hirashima Retirement Ceremony