updates

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...

Brian Choy was a member of the 229th Medical Company (Company B, 29th Support Battalion now the Company C) in the 1970. The company was located at the Honolulu Police Department site near Diamond Head Memorial Park. He was a...

LTC Laura Wheeler is in Washington DC serving as the Chief of Behavioral Health, Army National Guard. In this email to Retiree News, she talks about her work and some social medial connections. Great hearing from you!! I entered my...

Edward K. “Napi” Napihaa Jr., 75, of Hilo, a Hawaiian Airlines customer service agent and a Hawai‘i Army National Guard veteran, passed away in the Queen’s Medical Center on April 11, 2014. He was born in Hana, Maui. He is...

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...

Robert Davis continues to serve in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard – 39 years and counting. He remains a member of the 154th Civil Engineer Squadron and retire next year at age 60. In civilian life, Bob worked as a...

Dennis Fred, who served both in the 154th Wing and the 201st Combat Communications Group recently signed up to “Follow the Blog”.  Retiree News asked for a personal update and Dennis sent the following. As for my update, hmmm, where...

Our Hawai‘i Army and Air National Guard members on statutory tours at the National Guard Bureau have formed Team 808.  Team 808 members get together periodically to keep the Aloha Spirit alive.  Their social events often include visiting Hawaii National...

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...

Congratulations to Arthur and Rene Kimura for being named 2014 Honpa Hongwanji of Hawaii Living Treasures. They were recognized at the annual luncheon and recognition ceremony to be held on February 8, 2014, at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. This husband and...