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Aloha and welcome to the revival of Retiree News! Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara asked his Public Affairs Office to revive Retiree News because of the value it had. Retiree News was a connection between the past and current times. Veterans...

The first post on the Retiree News website was on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. The post said, Retiree News began as an electronic newsletter and has evolved to this blog. Definitely more to come… There have been 10,500 posts over the last nine and a half years. Posts...

The Hawai’i Air National Guard needs to establish a way to ensure proper recognition of individuals who have made significant contributions to our organization.  This program would be open to current and former member of the Hawai’i Air Guard, living...

As I have posted earlier, these Retiree News posts are coming to an end. Starting in 2013, the initial intent was a 2-3 year gig; it has lasted over nine years. Earlier, Retiree News was an e-newsletter from 2006-2012.  Researching...

Congratulations to Tim Fujino, who recently retired as the Translation Assistance Advisor at the Hawaii Air National Guard Airman & Family Readiness office. Since his military retirement, he has done a super job providing advice to military members transitioning to civilian...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page February is a special time of the year to pause and reflect on the nonstop contributions of black service members, whom we are proud to consider ‘ohana. Staff Sgt. Skyler Ross has been serving...

Happy New Year 2022 to you and your family. We all survived a very challenging 2021. Hopefully 2022 will bring an end to this pandemic.  Retiree New 2021 Annual Report. There were 1521 posts with 276,447 views. We now have 1550 registered...

We recognize December 13th as the birthday of the National Guard. On this date in 1636, the first militia regiments in North America were organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General Court, the colony's...

As another challenging year comes to a close, I’d like to extend happy holiday and warm wishes to all of our retirees and their ‘ohana.  Thank you for providing the guiding light, wisdom, and opportunity for our currently serving Soldiers...

Retirement: CMSgt Alvin Fritz is retiring at the end of the month. His retirement ceremony is on Friday, October 29, 2021, starting at 1400. The virtual ceremony will be on Facebook. This is the link to RSVP and to see the ceremony live....