{"id":12180,"date":"2015-06-29T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retireenews.wordpress.com\/?p=12180"},"modified":"2024-10-31T21:45:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T21:45:53","slug":"check-six-june-1995-20-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2015\/06\/29\/check-six-june-1995-20-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Six &#8211; June 1995: 154th Support Group Training Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>The following items were in the \u201cIn My Opinion\u201d column in the June 1995 issue of the 154<sup>th<\/sup> Support Group Training Bulletin. Unit designations and ranks are as they were in 1995.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>154th Support Group<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;members met their promotions boards during the May UTA weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>MSgt John Botelho<\/strong>, <strong>154th Mission Support Flight<\/strong><\/span>.&nbsp; John was the \u201cowner\u201d of the Military Personnel Flight\u2019s computer.&nbsp; <em>MSgt Botelho now is a member of the 154<sup>th<\/sup> Communications Flight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TSgt Angie Fleenor<\/strong>, <strong>154th Mission Support Flight<\/strong><\/span>.&nbsp; Angie worked in the IM function and her office was in the old mailroom in the hanger. <em>Angie retired and relocated to the continent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TSgt Derek Gaboya<\/strong>, <strong>154th Civil Engineer Squadron<\/strong><\/span>. Derek was a Traditional Guardmember who&nbsp;always did a super job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hawaii National Guard Association named<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong> Capt Jeff Wachter<\/strong>, <strong>169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron<\/strong><\/span> as the Outstanding Officer for 1995. The presentation was at the HNGA\u2019s annual conference in May. Several days later, Jeff and a small group of the 169 ACWS members departed for an extended deployment in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>MSgt Colosse Eliapo, Jr<\/strong>., <strong>Hq 154th Group<\/strong><\/span> represented the State Department of Defense as the department\u2019s nominee as the State Employee of the Year in the Professional area.&nbsp; <em>Colosse passed away earlier this year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TSgt Mark Ueunten<\/strong>, <strong>Communications Flight<\/strong><\/span> deployed with the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>203d Air Refueling Squadron<\/strong><\/span> to Keflavic, Iceland. The 154th Wing\u2019s KC-135Rs stood alert in support of the Icelandic Defense Forces and Mark documented activities as the video cameraman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>MSgt Stanley Heu<\/strong>, <strong>154th Maintenance Squadron<\/strong><\/span>, and <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>MSgt Annarene Blair<\/strong>, <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">201 Combat Communications Group<\/span> <\/strong>just graduated from the Air Force Senior NCO Academy residence course. &nbsp;<em>A very notable achievement for Stan and Anna because there were not too many slots for Guardmembers 20 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Honolulu Police Department named <strong>SMSgt Gerald Minami<\/strong>, <strong>154th Medical Squadron<\/strong> as their <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Reserve Police Officer of the Year<\/strong><\/span>.&nbsp; <em>Between his regular job and serving in the Guard, Gerald still found time to serve as a reserve officer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>The appearance of external hyperlinks did not constitute endorsement by Retiree News, this included the linked websites, information, products, or services contained therein. Retiree News did not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Additionally, some of the sites linked to may limit the number of stories you can access without a paid subscription. All links were provided with the intent of meeting the mission of Retiree News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following items were in the \u201cIn My Opinion\u201d column in the June 1995 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Unit designations and ranks are as they were in 1995. Three&nbsp;154th Support Group&nbsp;members met their promotions boards during the May UTA weekend. 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