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My Back Pages: 1985 - 30 years ago, published last week was a photograph with then Lieutenant Gary Littlefield with two unidentified solders. Retiree News asked if anyone could identify the other two soldiers in the photograph. Naomi Enriquez-Soraoka emailed...

Retiring soon is MAJ Manny Carlos.  He starts his terminal leave at the end of the month. There was a small retirement luncheon (at his request) at the Willows Restaurant last Friday. In attendance were his family, his co-workers and...

Retirements As reported earlier in Retiree News, Sandy Hashimoto will retire on Thursday – yes this week! Sandy has worked for many years in the Human Resource Office (HRO) as the retirement expert.  She helped all those who retired as...

Promotion Congratulations to Erik Wong, who received his Federal Recognition to colonel on May 22, 2015. Erik is currently assigned militarily to the 154th Medical Group, and works at Headquarters, Hawai‘i Air National Guard as operations training officer, a state...

Retirements Reminder: the deadline for signing up for SGM Kathy Arizo’s Retirement Celebration is rapidly approaching. Check the flyer for more details http://wp.me/P3639O-2F6 Retiring later this month is Olivia “Oli” Yee of the Human Recourses Office (HRO). Oli will retire...

Glenda Buis, recently retired from the Hawai‘i Air National Guard, started as a State employee at the Headquarters, Hawai‘i Air National Guard. Currently, she is a temporary hire but hopefully she will eventually fill the job permanently. Glenda served as the...

Congratulations to Edward Cruikshank! Representative K. Mark Takai asked Ed to serve as his military/veterans liaison.  He attended several veterans events with the representative during his recent Hawaii visit. Robert Inouye sent in a notice from HIARNG Announcements: Kalaeloa Sewage Water Project Enterprise...

Transitions Colonel Dave Molinaro has relocated Washington D.C. to pursue new job opportunities. He retired as the Director of Staff, Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard in December. Dave came to Hawaii 25 years ago, an active duty captain working at...

Missed the anniversary!  The Retiree News website began on Saturday, January 19, 2013, after your webmaster viewed three YouTube instructional videos from the WordPress website.  It’s been an interesting and educational 24 months. Website stats (at last check): 1404 posts,...

LTC Laura Soares shared the following information about three upcoming Hawai‘i National Guard events. Transfer of Authority There will be a Transfer of Authority (TOA) ceremony between the former Adjutant General Maj Gen Darryll Wong and the newly appointed Adjutant...