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Taps: Francis Ryusaki

Posted on Jul 9, 2013 in Taps

Francis Yoichi Ryusaki, 78, of Waimea, Hawai‘i, a retired employee of the Hawai‘i County Department of Water Supply, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Hapuna Prince Beach Hotel, and a veteran ...
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Col Duke Pirak will assume command of the 154th Operations Group on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, starting at 1600.  The Change of Command Ceremony will take place at the Missing ...
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Colonel Joseph Garnett, the 201st Combat Communications Group commander, has left for the Air National Guard Liaison to the Air National Guard Liaison to the Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO), General Michael Basla.

LTC Neal Mitsuyoshi just left for a yearlong fellowship at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. This is program administered by Army War College located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Roxanne Bruhn ...
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Taps: Chaplain Walter Harris

Posted on Jun 15, 2013 in Taps

The Rev. Walter Milton Harris, 74, of ‘Ewa Beach, a Hawai‘i Diocese Episcopal priest, Navy family advocacy educator, chaplain with the Air Force and Hawai‘i Air National Guard, and Army medevac ...
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Congratulations to the following Hawai‘i National Guard officers who received Federal Recognition for their promotions to colonel. Four Hawai’i Air National Guard officers received their promotion certificates that are good ...
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CMSgt Jelinski-Hall Recognition

Posted on Jun 9, 2013 in 2010's, History

CMSgt Denise Jelinski-Hall gets a wall dedicated at the National Woman’s Memorial Museum. The Chief is close to the end of her tour as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the ...
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Taps: Sancho Espina

Posted on Jun 8, 2013 in Taps

Sancho Espina, 87, of Honolulu, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard retiree and an Army veteran, passed away on May 21, 2013. He was born on Kaua‘i. He is survived by ...
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Taps: Allen LeRoy Vierra Sr.

Posted on Jun 3, 2013 in Taps

Allen LeRoy Vierra Sr., 70, of Pukalani, Maui, a retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard mechanic, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born on O‘ahu. He is survived by ...
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Taps: Gordon Kireto

Posted on May 26, 2013 in Taps

Gordon Kireto, 71, of Līhu‘e, a retired radar maintenance supervisor with Hawai’i Air National Guard, 154th Air Control Squadron, passed away on May 23, 2013. He was born in ‘Ele‘ele, ...
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