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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....

Belated Congratulations to Dr. Brett “Doogie” Wyrick, who was promoted to major general in June. Doogie now serves as the Air National Guard Assistant to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force, Pentagon. He served about half of his 30-year career...

Retiree News – the website version – began on Friday, January 22, 2013. The first post came after watching three YouTube videos. The initial plan was a “two or three year run”. The website began very simply, with more features added as...

Sometime on Sunday, August 15, 2021, Retiree News passed 1.5 million views. We thank all of you for your continuing support of our website.  We continue striving to meet our mission goal: Sharing information with Hawaii National Guard retirees, members...

Retiree News featured a photograph of the Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard staff in a recent post. There was a person hidden and two individuals we could not identify. HIANG retiree Randall Tom emailed an update saying the person hidden was Ken Sonan,...

The 154th Wing will host a virtual retirement ceremony for Col. Stanley Sato, Commander of the 154th Medical Group. The ceremony will be on Sunday, July 11, 2021, starting at 10:00. Stan retires after a long career.  Go to this Facebook...

Memories. Some "Check Six" photographs posted on this website bring interesting comments from Hawai‘i Air National Guard retirees. They say these photographs bring back memories of “notable” members we served with over the years. Stories of these “notable” members occurred...

Congratulations to Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares-Lum retired on Friday, April 8, 2021. She had served as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command (US Indo-PACOM). Review her biography, a great military career. Video of her retirement ceremony Feedback on the 10-Digit...

Bob Sigall is a Star-Advertiser writer, whose weekly column, Rearview Mirror, looks back at Hawaii’s past. He also shares additional material in biweekly emails. In the middle of the current news about Aloha Stadium and its replacement, he emailed this...