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Retiree sightings Ran into Jason Nunugawa at Ala Moana Center. He retired militarily from the 154th Medical Group several years ago. He worked as a technician in the Medical Group for a few years before moving to position with the City...

Congratulations to Kurt Shigeta who just pinned on his “eagles”. Kurt serves as the Deputy Commander of the 154th Mission Support Group, working with commander, Col Duke Ota. Kurt will serve as the interim Director of Staff at Hq, Hawaii...

Thanks to Stan Lum for emailing in Tom Kato’s obituary information. Sometimes our reviews of the newspaper are too quick.  Thanks again Stan. Received a short email from LTC Tracey Omori who is currently serving downrange with an active duty...

Save the Date: The Lava Brigade will host its annual 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Memorial ceremony on Friday, May 20, 2016.  Retiree News will post more information as the ceremony get closer. (Thanks to Stephen Lum for the puhaku...

Two individuals with long time ties to the State Department of Defense and the Hawaii National Guard are retiring at the end of March. Walter Kaneakua is leaving his position as the District Director for Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. After retiring from...

There are two Guard related articles in this morning’s Honolulu Star Advertiser. Click on the titles below to link to the articles on the Star Advertiser website. + Isle Guard backs move to upgrade electrical framework + Isle troops, refueling...

Today is the third anniversary of the Retiree News website. It has been an interesting ride with a lot of learning about websites along the way. Learning how to post picture galleries and other website improvements helped improve the product...

Senator Brian Schatz issued a press release announcing that defense spending in Hawaii would increase by more than $200 million. Included in this appropriation is $44 million for an F-22 fighter alert facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Hawaii Air...

A time to celebrate for Retiree News! Sometime yesterday, the website passed 100,000 hits in 2015. Thanks to everyone for your support. Retiree News continues to improve; sharing information with Hawaii National Guard retirees, members and friends.

Webmaster Comments 15.09.08 discussed a Honolulu magazine article about the Zippy’s Senior Club. One of it’s members is Clifford Fukuji, a retired Hawaii Air National Guard member. The magazine finally posted the digital copy of the article, click here to...