Retiree News

Retired General Erik Shinseki visited the Hawaii National Guard headquarters on October 2, 2007. He had retired as the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army in August 2003. His military career ...
Read More Check Six – 2007: General Shinseki Visits

The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) held a Summer Bash fund raiser at the now closed Pipeline Cafe in Kakaako. There was a sellout crowd at the event on August ...
Read More Check Six – 2006: Summer Bash

Stanley “Ossum” Osserman‘s effective date of promotion to brigadier general was September 13, 2008. Governor Linda Lingle officiated his promotion ceremony in the governor’s ceremonial room on October 20, 2008. ...
Read More Check Six – 2008: Brig Gen Osserman Pinning

For several years, the then-154th Support Group had a monthly training bulletin. It covered national and local topics of interest, promotion lists and some fun topics. The link below takes ...
Read More Check Six – December 2000: 154th Support Group Training Bulletin

Robert Snyder, an finance technician with the 154th Wing retired in November 2004. The full time finance and personnel staff members posed for this photograph, one of the many gifts ...
Read More Check Six – 2004: Finance & Personnel Technicians

Thanks to Darrell Bactad for identification help and these comments. This is one of the early photos of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s Honor Guard. This was about 2001/2002. We ...
Read More Check Six – 2001: Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s Honor Guard

This photograph was taken at Brig Gen Kathleen Berg‘s retirement ceremony. The ceremony was at the Hickam AFB Officers Club on April 3, 2009. In the photograph are 201st Combat ...
Read More Check Six – 2009: 201 CCG Senior NCOs

This photograph shows Samuel Wong and Brian Koga at a Hawaii National Guard luncheon in 2009. Sam’s career began in supply but he later transferred to the support crew for ...
Read More Check Six – 2009: Old Friends

This photograph was taken at Rex Earl Jones’ Aloha Party on May 1, 2009. Rex served as a Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) counselor with the Human Services Office (HRO). In ...
Read More Check Six – 2009: Three Colonels

This photograph was taken during the August 2004 UTA weekend. In the photographs are: Blythe Jean “BJ“Itoman, Regina Komine, and Ryan Itoman. All there have excelled in their Hawaii Air ...
Read More Check Six – 2004: Future Leaders