Retiree Update

Retiring from his State Civil Defense position at the end of December is Edwin Chung-Hoon.  He started with the State of Hawai‘i in December 1993, after retiring from the Hawai’i Air National Guard.  During those 20 years, Eddie has served...

Drew Michael Hurley served in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard as a Public Affairs Officer with the 154th Wing and the  201st Combat Communications Group. Those of you who grew up in the seventies might know him as Mike Hurley, a...

Dalwyn Wong sent an email updating his status. I'm working at Hickam AFB now with a company called HX5, LLC.  I'm on a NGB contract working for the 201st Intelligence Squadron.  I handle the Patriot Excalibur software/hardware system for the...

The  Hawai‘i Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT) recently named Brig Gen Stanley Osserman as their new director. Managed by High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), HCATT has organized public/private partnerships between the federal government and private industry to develop advanced low...

If you didn’t see it, the July 14, 2013 Star Advertiser featured an article interviewing Ray Starling. Ray served in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard from 1987 through 1991. He went on to serve two tours as the Air National Guard...

Miles Tamura and Clifford Kobashigawa attend Col Reynold Hioki’s pinning ceremony. They were Traditional Guardmembers who served with the 201st Combat Communications Group. Miles retired several years ago from his job with the Navy. Cliff just retired from Kamehameha Schools after...

Colonel Joseph Garnett, the 201st Combat Communications Group commander, has left for the Air National Guard Liaison to the Air National Guard Liaison to the Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO), General Michael Basla.

LTC Neal Mitsuyoshi just left for a yearlong fellowship at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. This is program administered by Army War College located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Roxanne Bruhn pinned on her senior master sergeant stripes in a ceremony...

Annarene "Anna" Napoleon, who retired from the 201st Combat Communications Group, is now living and working on Maui.  She left her job with the Postal Service in Honolulu last November and now works for the Department of Veterans Affairs on...

Back in Hawaii for a short stay was Edwin “Skip” Vincent. He was in Hawai‘i to attend the 203d Air Refueling Squadron’s 20th Anniversary Dinner. Skip is the president of Soft Power Solutions, LLC. Check out the company website http://www.soft-power-solutions.com/