Everyone in Hawaii has hiked the Koko Head Crater trail at least once. It is a steep trek that separates the fit and unfit. But what are the tracks going ...
Read More Check Six – 1965: Koko Head AFS
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Michio Niiya, 82, peacefully passed away on May 1, 2017. Mich was born in Kapoho and retired from the Pacific Division of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (PACDIV). Michio was ...
Read More Taps: Michio Niiya
Retiree News recently had an email exchange with Joseph “Joe” Holliday. Joe retired from the 169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron in April 1998. A Traditional Guardmember, he worked for ...
Read More Retiree Update: Joseph Holliday
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 ...
Read More Webmaster Comments: A Correction
Gerald Junji Yamamoto, age 78 of Honolulu, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard Radar Technician, passed away in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. Survived by wife, Joy Masako; son, Daniel; ...
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Retiree News is sad to report that Aurora Lee passed away on Sunday morning at the Veterans Affairs Continuing Living Center at Tripler Army Medical Center. Caz Ross emailed this information ...
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This photograph shows Lt Col Valentine Siefermann presenting Lt Stephen Oka his controller certification at the 150th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (150 ACWS) luau. The photograph is dated 1965. Siefermann became ...
Read More Check Six – 1965: Siefermann and Oka
Samson Juan Achuela, age 64, of Wai‘anae, Hawai‘i, passed away July 23, 2015 in Honolulu. Born September 4, 1950 in Waipahu, Hawai‘i. Retired Master Sergeant who served 30 years with ...
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The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the June 1995 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Unit designations and ranks are as they were ...
Read More Check Six – June 1995: 154th Support Group Training Bulletin
James Mitsuo Akamine, 77, of Waimānalo, a retired maintenance control superintendent and a veteran of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard, passed away on February 13, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He ...
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