retirement

James Michael Doolin is a success story, a reflection of his personal drive and determination in life. In the 1980s, he enlisted in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard after a tour with the United States Marine Corps. Mike became the...

Sam Wong, retired Chief Master Sergeant, emailed corrections and additions to the webmaster's comments post. * Retiree News reported Ramona Fujimoto was a member of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, when she in fact retired from the 204th Airlift Squadron. *...

Happy Retirement Glenda! There was a retirement party for MSgt Glenda Buis at the Willows Restaurant. She will officially retire on October 31, 2014, but her last working day will be on July 31. But you will have a chance...

Steve Berg, a retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who served with the then 169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, provide these photographs to Retiree News. Special thanks to Steve for sharing these photographs The panoramic photo of the crowd...

Brigadier General Joseph Kim hosted the retirement ceremony for Brigadier General Stanley “Ossum” Osserman on July 13, 2014. The ceremony was in the new fighter operations compound at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. To view the program BG Osserman Program  Among the 500+...

Check Six: a pilot’s term meaning look behind you. Twenty years ago today, the 201st Combat Commutations Group hosted a retirement party of Lt Col Roy Matsumura.  Roy retired as the Group’s Director of Logistics.  Earlier in his career he...

The REMEOs recently took a tour of the new 199th Fighter Squadron operations facility Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. Lt Col Kristof "JAG" Sills conducted the tour. The REMEOs are retired fighter pilots and navigators who served in the 199th...

Congratulations to Col Suzanne Vares-Lum, who recently started fulltime at the State Headquarters as the Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff.  Know she will do a great job! Ran into Kyle Kamikawa, HIANG retiree who served many years in the...

Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Chaves will retire from the  Hawai‘i Army National Guard on May 31, 2013. His last assignment was with U.S. Army Pacific, where he served as the Deputy Commander General of the Army National Guard. He assumed...

Recently retired CSM Richard Tanaka is now working for the Pacific Disaster Center. PDC is headquartered on Maui but operates an office at Fort Shafter. He is the Disaster Services Advisor, dealing with emergency management, planning, operations and training. It’s...