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Two significant retirements Cathy Inouye, a long-time state employee, retired at the end of 2017. She served in several staff support positions in the Hawai’i Army National Guard. Her husband, retired CSM Robert Inouye, remains in his state position with...

Congratulations to MG (Ret) Vern Miyagi. He was inducted to the President William McKinley High School Hall of Honor. The ceremony was on the school campus and coincides with McKinley’s annual Back and Gold week each January. The purpose of the...

Today is the fifth anniversary of Retiree News. Thank you for your continuing support of the Retiree News website. Since our start on January 22, 2013, we have had over 560,000 views, and are rapidly approaching 800 followers. During 2017,...

Congratulations to BG Moses Kaoiwi, Jr. MG Arthur “Joe” Logan hosted a ceremony promotion at Washington Place yesterday afternoon. Governor David Y. Ige and Mrs. Joni Kaoiwi pinned on the general’s stars. More photographs on the Adjutant General’s Facebook page Great...

At the start of 2018, Retiree News would like to thank all our followers for their support during the past year. During the year, there were 1,163 posts on varying topics which received over 167,000 views by you. Check Six...

From Jeff Hickman's Facebook Page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DqaHKV-2sc Today is the last day of work for my friend (MSG_R) Stephen Lum. He served over 37 years in the Hawaii Army National Guard over 35 years and over 30 with the our office,...

Mahalo for your support. Sometime on Tuesday, Retiree News surpassed 500,000 views. Since the first post on January 22, 2013, we have strived to live up to our mission statement of “Sharing information with Hawaii National Guard retirees, members and...

A Celebration of Life for Johana “Jojo” Correa will be on Friday August 11, Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Jojo was the wife of Edward “Butch” Correa, the former Adjutant General. Viewing 8:00 am, services 10:30, Mass 11:30 with the burial 2:00...

Retiree Sightings: We ran into Sandy Hashimoto in the Hickam commissary. She retired from the Human Resource Office (HRO) in July 2015. Through her years of service, Sandy helped Guard technicians as they retired from Hawaii National Guard. She shared...

Senior Leaders changes: The following is a short summary of Hawaii National Guard senior leader changes coming in the next few months. Today, COL Mark Young will become the commander of the 298th Multi-Functional Training Unit.  He relieves COL Stuart...