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Team 808 is a group of Hawai‘i Army and Air National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. Left to right: Raquel Ramos, MSgt Thu Dahl, SFC Linda Hesch, Lt Col...

Retirement: I retired from the State Department of Defense on December 1, 2016. It was a great 10+ years as a State employee. The position allowed me to extend my association with the Hawai‘i National Guard to more than 48...

A recent Webmaster Comment post discussed David Howard. Dave emailed an expanded personal history that corrected some of my errors the original posting. I appreciated the mention.  You got a bit of it right. I started my time in the Hawai‘i Air...

I ran into Jimmy Dang recently while grocery shopping. We discussed TRICARE's move from CVS/Longs to Walgreens and other Guard related subjects. Jimmy is enjoying retirement as you can see from his photo. He was a technician in the 154th Wing...

Sometime over the last weekend, the Retiree News website received its 350,000 hit.  That’s 350,000 hits since the first post on January 22, 2013. Mahalo to all those supporters who visited the site – it is appreciated. Help! If you...

Mahalo to all Retiree New readers and followers.  Sometime yesterday, Retiree News got it’s 100,000 website hit for 2016.  We appreciate all your continuing support.  Hopefully we can pass the 2015 stats achievements before the end of the year.  Additionally,...

Great to hear that Sandy Dubrett is finishing her Pharmacy Technician Program at Hawaii Medical College. She will graduate in a few months. Originally an Army Guardmember, she transferred to the Hawaii Air National Guard and served in the 154th...

Congratulations to BG Suzanne Vares Lum who was one of three Hawaii soldiers named to the Army ROTC National Hall of Fame.  She will be inducted at ceremony at Fort Knox, Kentucky today.  The ceremony marks the training’ program’s 100th...

Retiree sightings at the commissary Lane Martin, formerly of the 201st Combat Communications Group, continues to serve as a Traditional Guardmember in a First Sergeant billet. He also serves as the State Senior Vice Commander of the Veterans of Foreign...

Congratulations to David Lopina, who recently pinned on his eagles. His pinning ceremony was in his home state of Ohio. BG Bruce Oliveira presided over the ceremony. Dave currently serves a JAG with the State Department of Defense. He is...