Retiree Update

Colonel Gerald Silva retired from the Hawaii Army National Guard in 1994.  He served in many positions in his long career with his last assignment being the Chief of Staff of the Army Guard. For the next 10 years, he...

Lon Paresa with the Adjutant General Arthur "Joe" Logan, taken on the day of the general's Senate confirmation floor vote. Retiree News photo. Leonard “Lon” Paresa, Jr. retired from the Hawaii Army National Guard as a colonel. During his career,...

Governor David Y. Ige issued the following press release. HONOLULU – Governor David Ige has appointed Rob Lee as protocol officer. Lee served with the United States Air Force from 1980 to 1988 before joining the Hawai‘i Air National Guard...

Roxanne "Rocky" Bruhn retired as a senior master sergeant from the Hawai‘i Air National Guard a few months ago. Her 30-year military career started in maintenance, with later assignments in finance and military personnel. Her last assignment was with the...

After serving in the Air Force, Dennis Takeshita joined the Hawaii Air National Guard. He served in the 201st Combat Communications Group, Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard and the 203d Air Refueling Squadron. Before he retired, he began appearing in...

Frequent contributor John Chun emailed this photograph of Benet Costa. John and his wife Lorraine visited Benet and his wife Suzi during their recent cross-country road trip. Benet relocated to the Boise area in Idaho after retiring from the 154th Wing. Mahalo...

Hawaii Air National Guard member Alison Maldonado has the lead in the Diamond Head Theater presentation of Sister Act. Alison toured with the Air Force "Tops in Blue" troupe several years ago. DIAMOND HEAD THEATRE PRESENTS SISTER ACT Show runs September...

Brigadier General James Carpenter retired as the Commander of the Hawai‘i Army National Guard in early 2002. Taken from the May 28, 2015 issue of Midweek. Retired UH Professor Gives Back Photograph from University of Hawai‘i Foundation Retired UH-Manoa professor Jim Carpenter and...

Carswell “Caz” Ross sent in the following update on Karl Kaneshiro. I know that Retiree News likes sharing information concerning our former National Guard members. Chief Master Sergeant Karl Kaneshiro retired as the Air National Guard Human Resource Advisor in 2010, after...

John Chun, an engine shop retiree who relocated to Oregon after his retirement, sent in another photograph.  John downloaded this photograph of Kenneth "Eagle" Wicks from a Facebook post. Ken served as the Chief of Safety and several other positions within the...